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Definition of Retable

Retable
Retable Re*ta"ble, n. (Eccl.) A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc.

Meaning of Retable from wikipedia

- Look up retable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A retable is a structure or element placed either on or immediately behind and above the altar or...
- sometimes confused with the term retable. While a reredos generally forms or covers the wall behind an altar, a retable is placed either on the altar or...
- The Westminster Retable, the oldest known panel painting altarpiece in England, is estimated to have been painted in the 1270s in the circle of Plantagenet...
- Pala d'Oro (Italian, "Golden Panel") is the high altar retable of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice (and in Italian may refer to other gold altar frontals...
- archdiocese between 1921 and 1922. The Cathedral's highlight is the gilded retable on the main altar. It was created at the end of the 17th century, designed...
- The Thornham Parva Retable is a medieval altarpiece, now in Thornham Parva, Suffolk, England. The retable is thought to have been created in the 1330s...
- dedicated to its patron Saint Nicholas. Notable within the shrine are the retable (circa 1500) to the right of the transept, the High Altar and the Episcopal...
- artist of the International Gothic style in Catalonia. Martorell painted retable panels and m****cript illuminations, and carved sculptures and also provided...
- in 1739, the church was built in a proto-Baroque style and features a retable by the Italian artist Nicolau Nasoni and a façade of 1932 azulejo tilework...
- The Nailloux Altarpiece (French: "Retable de Nailloux") embodies the artistic style of France during the medieval era. The Nailloux consisted of five...