A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 45
ay, and the like. ALTAR HERSE. (See Hearse.) ALTAR LEDGE. A step at the back ofan altar fnrnnng a ledge or shelf slightly higherthan tlie altar, to receive lights, flowers, orornaments. ALTAR MOUND. An Ameiican moundsupporting what is supposed to have been analtar. Especially those mounds of the… … Ar.T.^R: S. Antonio at Padua; Italian Work, Late 14th Century. 160 B.C.. A great platform, raised 19 feet abovethe site and nearly 100 feet square, was facedby a retaining wall, ii])on which was sculpturedthe frieze, of wiiich laige fragments are now inBerlin, representing tiic battle of the gods…
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