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A
retable is a term of
ecclesiastical art and
ecclesiastical 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. Such retables may be lawfully used in the
Church of England.
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
Middle Latin retrotabulunz (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 famous
Pala d'Oro in
St Mark's Basilica,
Venice, of gold, jewels and enamels. The foreign retable is, therefore, what should in English be called a
reredos, though that isn't in modern usage a movable feature.
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