Altar The altar is the table in the chancel that the clergy use for Communion. During the Protestant Reformation, some people felt that the traditional term was theologically misleading.
Altar
The holiest part of a church. In the medieval period the altar was a table or rectangular slab made of stone or marble, often set upon a raised step. After the Reformation the stone altars were replaced by wooden communion tables.
Altar frontal. Decoration of the front of an altar table, often either a relief sculpture or inlay. Usually made of marble but precious materials such as ivory or silver may also be used. Sometimes called antependium.
Altar
A structure on which to place or sacrifice offerings to a deity. In a Christian church the altar is usually a stone table or slab on supports, on which the celebration of the sacrament takes place.
Altar.
Elevated slab consecrated for the celebration of the Eucharist Sometimes in a form called a communion Table.
Altarpiece.
Altar Sometimes called the Communion Table. A table, often with a cross standing on it, on which the bread and wine and placed for the service of Communion (sometimes called Eucharist).
Altar: Elevated structure located in the choir at the east end of the church, where religious rites are performed (fig.1).
altar
In the Roman Church, a table at which the celebration of the Eucharist takes place. It is placed in the most prominent place in the church, usually at the east end, in the choir or sanctuary, facing the main entrance to the church.
Altar
(a) any structure used as a place of sacrifice or worship; (b) a tablelike structure used in a Christian church to celebrate the Eucharist.
Altarpiece ...
ALTARPIECE A panel, painted or sculptured, situated above and behind an altar. Sometimes made of three panels hinged together so that it can be folded up, when it is called a triptych.
altar The focal point of a place of worship, raised platform or table where ceremonies are performed.
alter To change in any manner.
Altar - Philae Temple of Isis, Egypt
Furniture: X stretcher
Iconography in Art and Architecture: Greek cross ...
High altar
The main altar, usually located towards the east end of the choir.
Lady Chapel
A chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
English altarThe medieval type of altar with taller framed hangings on three sides, as revived in the late 19th century.English bond
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Altar
- originally a structure on which offerings to a god were placed, often for sacrifice. In the Christian Church, the altar is often in the form of a stone table, can be elaborately carved, and containing relics.
Altarpiece : An individual or group of panels or screens located near or on the altar.
Annulet : A circular finishing found on pillars or piers, sometimes decorated with carvings.
ALTAR
A raised platform where offerings or sacrifices are made; the Communion table.
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altar - a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made
arcade, colonnade - a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns ...
On the altar appears the Ciborium of King Arnulf:
This ciborium, an object intended to house the sacrament, was apparently made about 870 for Charles the Bald. The ciborium was presented by King Odo or Charles the Simple to King Arnulf in about 896.
The High Altar of Siena Cathedral, Italy, polychrome marble with bronze ciborium and candelabra.
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View from the Altar
View from the alter from inside the remains of the temple (megaron)
View of the inside the remains of the Propylaia of the sanctuary
View at the water channel outside of the temple (megaron) ...
ambulatory A covered passage around and behind the altar, linking it with chapels at the east end of the church. apse A rounded alcove or extension, usually at the east end of a church. arcade A line of arches.
apse A semicircular area; in most churches it contains the altar. arabesque Ornament consisting of garlands of foliage with figures, fancifully interlaced to form graceful curves and painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief.
The basilican plan used in earlier times was modified in accordance with the Christian liturgy, in which a member of the clergy led prayer and addressed the faithful, and performed religious rites at an altar.
Chancel - the space surrounding the altar of a church.
Chemin de ronde - rare in England, very characteristic of French castles, this is the 'crown' at the top of a round tower, a machicolated gallery below or replacing the parapet.
BEMA (Gr./31iµa,), in ecclesiastical architecture, the semicircular recess or exedra, in the basilica, where the judges sat, and where in after times the altar was placed. It generally is roofed with a half dome.
The Ghent Altarpiece (completed 1432, Saint Bavon, Ghent), one of the most famous works of the Renaissance, is a large polyptych consisting of two hinged panels, painted on both sides, that open to reveal a two-tiered central panel.
Baldacchino - Canopy over a throne or altar.
Ball catch, bullet - A cupboard door fastener with a spring loaded ball projecting slightly from a mortice in the door. The ball engages with a hole in a striking plate and holds by friction ...
Patrick's, Dublin; Ely, presbytery, Southwell choir, Netley and Rievaulx Abbeys, together with the "Nine Altars" of Durham and Fountains, all completed between the years 1225 and 1250, ...
Retro-choir - The space behind the high altar in a major church.
Return - The side or part which falls away, usually at right angles, from the front or direct line of a structure.
The holiest part of a church, where the altar was found, was the chancel or choir / quire. After the Reformation many medieval churches were redesigned, the chancel losing its special status.
A set of three paintings often on panels that are related in subject matter, often seen as a backdrop to the high altar in a church.
Basilica - Rectangular hall with double colonnade and apse for altar at one (east) end, used by the Romans for law courts and other assemblies and later for the basic Christian church form.
chancel - part of the altar for the clergy or choir, bordered by railings.
chapels - the recesses on the sides of aisles in cathedrals and abbey churches. Sometimes known as chantries.
CHANCELthe sanctuary area in a church, near the altar, used by the clergy and choir
CLAPBOARDthin wood plank siding applied horizontally, one overlapping the next
COLONNADEa row of columns usually supporting the base of the roof structure ...
liturgical east end: the altar end in a church that is not geographically orientated east/west.
loggia: a gallery or verandah, open on one or more sides, often incorporating an arcade.
Chancel - The space surrounding the altar of a church.
Chemise wall - Formed by a series of interlinked or overlapping semicircular bastions.
Chevron - Zig-zag moulding.
Baldachin
An ornamented canopy over an altar, tomb, or throne.
Baptistery
A part of a church or a separate building, often octagonal or round, in which baptisms take place.
An architectural screen or wall above and behind an altar, usually containing painting, sculpture, carving or other decorations.
CHANCEL Traditionally found in the church's east end, an area reserved for the clergy and housing the altar.
CHIMNEY-PIECE A mantelpiece, usually of wood or marble, that surrounds the sides and top of a fireplace opening.
A shallow basin with a drain for washing sacred vessels, usually set into a wall to the south of the altar
PULPIT
From the Latin pulpitum meaning scaffold, platform or stage from which the priest would deliver the sermon ...
It is still in its original form and in this respect is unique among the monuments of antiquity. They only changes in addition of altars and the modern statues. Lets hope that the interior can still maintain its form in the future.
Its sacredness, often connected with a holy grove, was more important than the building itself, as it contained the open air altar on which the sacrifices were made.
choir - Believed to be the most important part of the church in early Gothic cathedral architecture. It is the part between the nave and the main altar reserved for the choir and clergy.
The Selimiye in Nicosia was a thirteenth-century cathedral (Ayia Sofia) which was converted to a mosque in 1570 by removing the choir and altars and changing the arrangement of windows and doors so that the main entrance was from the north, ...
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