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RETABLE (Fr. retable, a shortened form derived from Med. Lat. retrotabulum)

This article appears in Volume V23, Page 201 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: RAY-RHU
RETABLE (Fr. retable, a shortened form derived from Med. Lat. retrotabulum) , a
term
  of ecclesiastical art and architecture, applied in modern English usage to an altar-ledge or shelf, raised slightly above the back of the altar or communion table, on which are placed the
cross
 , ceremonial candlesticks and other ornaments. Retables may be lawfully used in the church of England (Liddell a Beale, 186o, 14 P.C.).
Foreign usage of the
term
 , as in French, is different, and where the word is kept with this foreign application, the distinction should be observed. The Med. Lat. retrotabulum (modernized retabulum) was applied to an architectural feature set up at the back of an altar, and generally taking the form of a screen framing a picture, carved or sculptured
work
  in
wood
  or stone, or mosaic, or of a movable feature such as the famousPala d' Oro in St Mark's, Venice, of gold, jewels and enamels. The foreign " r6table " is, therefore, what should in English be called a " reredos " (q.v.), though that is not in modern usage a movable feature.


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