skip to main content

SILKNOW

Content language

Paraments > Liturgical paraments > Altar-frontal
PREFERRED TERM
Altar-frontal  
DEFINITION
  • The rectangular cloth that covers the front of the altar, hanging from the upper side.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
  • altar frontal pelmet
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Clarke, Michael. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2nd ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. (online)
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Antependium

French

Devant d'autel
Parement d'autel
Vêtement d'autel
Paliotto

Italian

Frontal de altar

Spanish

frontalete
antependio
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/714
Download this concept:
CLOSELY MATCHING CONCEPTS
EXACTLY MATCHING CONCEPTS
www.wikidata.org
We're open to collaboration, feel free to send us your suggestions to info@silknow.eu