A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 50
ilaek on a fast day, and the like. ALTAR HERSE (Sec Hearse.) ALTAR LEDGE. A step at the back ofan altar furming a ledge or shelf slightly higherthan the altar, to receive liglits, tlnwers, orornaments. ALTAR MOUND. An American moundsujiporting what is supposed to have been analtar. Especially those… … Alt.\r: S. Antonio at Padu.^; Italian Work, Late 14th Century. 160 B.C. A great platform, raised 19 feet abovetlie site and nearly 100 feet scjuare, was facedby a retaining wall, upon which was sculpturedthe frieze, of which large fragments are now inBerlin, representing the battle of the gods…
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