A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 47
, with treads 1 1 inches to 2 feet wideand risers 4i- inches high. If there is a reasonto raise the altar higher, more steps are added,but always an uneven number, and never morethan nine. The table or mensa of the altar isrectangular in form, a single, natural stone, sel-dom less than 9 feet long… … Altar: Wenlock Prioky, Shropshire, c. 1450. stone, marble, mosaics, or metal, and ornamentedin a manner consistent with an altar and in keep-ing with tlie style of architecture of tiie church(see Altar Front; Frontal) ; the mensa extendsbeyond its sup]>ort, botli at tlie front and sides,and on…
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