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An antependium (from Latin ante-and pendēre, "to hang before"; pl.: antependia), also known as a pulpit fall, [1] parament or hanging, or, when speaking specifically of the hanging for the altar, an altar frontal (Latin: pallium altaris), is a decorative piece, usually of textile, but also metalwork, stone or other material, that can adorn a ...
Altar with drapery antependium in the style of Catholic churches of the 19th and early ... In the Middle Ages a similar function was performed by an "altar stole", ...
Antependium of Basel in the Musée de Cluny. The Antependium of Basel is a golden altar frontal donated by emperor Henry II, possibly in the year 1019. It is considered to be one of the masterpieces of Ottonian art. The Antependium is a thin golden plate on an oak wood wood base, 120 cm high and 178 cm wide.
The panels were initially part of an unknown object in the cathedral that has been variously conjectured to be an antependium or altar front, a throne, door, pulpit, or an ambon; traditionally this conjectural object, and therefore the ivories as a group, has been called the Magdeburg Antependium. This object is believed to have been dismantled ...
Particularly refined is the antependium of Saint Anne, with light-colored vegetal motifs against a dark background. The antependium of the Madonna of Pompeii altar was created by Ranalli in 1717 and appears to model the work of Norberto di Cicco, specifically the altar of Saint Anthony in the Church of Jesus and Mary, also in Pescocostanzo.
The altarpiece of the church, placed behind the altar and the antependium, is a richly decorated piece from the 17th century. The pulpit was also made c. 1600. The church furthermore has two church bells. The larger one is from the 13th century while the smaller one was donated to the church by a former villager who had emigrated to the United ...
On the first day, the royal couple would give each altar a golden ornament, a golden antependium and a silver chalice; the noblemen would each bestow a florin on the altars; and the knights, squires, and anyone else who wished to bestow gifts would provide each altar with silver coins from Lübeck.
A ner tamid hanging over the ark in a synagogue. In Judaism, the sanctuary lamp is known as a Ner Tamid (Hebrew, “eternal flame” or “eternal light”), Hanging or standing in front of the ark in every Jewish synagogue, it is meant to represent the menorah of the Temple in Jerusalem, as well as the perpetual fire kept on the altar of burnt offerings before the Temple. [2]