A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 20
nitely repealed, the Holy Table now stands in allthe churches in England where the altar stood, notonly before and after, but during the administration ofthe Holy Communion. The Communion Tables of thetime of Elizabeth and James I. are frequently found re-maining in churches, though from the plain… … Altar-tomb, a raised monument resembling a solidaltar. This appearsonly to be a modernterm, descriptive ofthe character and shapeof the Tomb. It isequivalent to the ex-pression High - tomb, jjjusedbyLeland. Tombson the north side ofthe altar, used for the CeremOnieS Of the EaS- Altar-tomb, Porlock,…
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