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.
frontage, frontal
front - the side that is seen or that goes first
frontispiece - an ornamental facade ...
We hastened to adorn the Main Altar of the blessed Denis where there was only one beautiful and precious frontal panel from Charles the Bald, the third Emperor; for at this [altar] we had been offered to the monastic life.
Mascaron - A grotesque head viewed frontally. A decorative motif.
Mason's mark - A symbol, monogram or initial incised in stonework by the mason responsible for the execution of the building, ...
Also a horizontal band of ornament.FrontalCovering for the front of an altar.FrontispieceIn 16th- and 17th-century buildings, the central feature of doorway and windows above linked in one composition.Frost-work ...
Opposite the tomb of Gauhar Shad is the tomb of Sheikh Zadeh Abdallah which has a dome of similar design. The building has an octagonal plan with an large frontal iwan and side iwans added on to the south, west and east sides.
 See also: Architecture, Roman, Church, Ground, House
  
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