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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

retable , frame for decorative panels at the back of an altar in European churches. Retables, often sumptuously decorated in alabaster and gold, generally contained scenes from the Bible. An altarpiece made of fixed panels may also be termed a retable.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

retable reredos; shelf or ledge at the back of an altar. XIX. — F. rétable, retable — Sp. retablo — medL. *retabulum, for retrotabulum (XIII) ‘structure at the back of an altar-table’, f. L. RETRO- + tabula TABLE.

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T. F. HOAD. "retable." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

retable.
1. Screen to the rear of an altar, rising up behind it, often richly decorated and carved, including the reredos.

2. Shelf or ornamental setting for panels behind an altar.

3. Frame around painted or other decorated panels of a reredos.

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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "retable." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

retable. A structure placed at the back of an altar in the form either of a ledge on which ornaments may be set or a frame for decorated panels.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "retable." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "retable." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-retable.html

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The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | | Copyright

retable. See altarpiece.

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IAN CHILVERS. "retable." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists | 2003 | | Copyright

retable. See Altarpiece.

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