An altar cloth is used in the Christian liturgy to cover the altar. It serves as a sign of reverence as well as a decoration and a protection of the altar...

The Bacton Altar Cloth is a 16th-century garment that is considered the sole surviving dress of Queen Elizabeth I. The cloth, embroidered in an elaborate...

suitable table, always with the use of a cloth, a corporal, a cross, and candles. If so, the use of an altar stone is traditional and customary, but optional...

baldacchino), is a canopy of state typically placed over an altar or throne. It had its beginnings as a cloth canopy, but in other cases it is a sturdy, permanent...

An altar server is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy. An altar server attends to supporting tasks at the altar such...

heart, however there is no evidence of this. An altar or communion cloth at Bacton, the Bacton Altar cloth, was treasured for centuries, and in the 1870s...

congregation.(299) The altar should be covered by at least one white cloth, and nothing else should be placed upon the altar table other than what is...

manuscript of a 12th-century astrological treatise Ornamentation from an altar cloth from 13th-century Germany. The two figures are depicted with the heads...

representation of batik cloths Depiction of early 19th century Javanese citizen wearing batik sarong, from The History of Java Peranakan altar cloth (tok wi 桌帷),...

meaning the altar cloths used in church. The earliest known household linens were made from thin yarn spun from flax fibres to make linen cloth. Ancient...

distinguished from the altar linens which are used in the service of the Eucharist, and an altar cloth which covers the top of the altar table (mensa). The...

it is a small square of white linen cloth; modern corporals are usually somewhat smaller than the width of the altar on which they are used, so that they...

transubstantiation found that his Host was bleeding so much that it stained the altar cloth. The cloth is now stored in the Chapel of the Corporal inside the cathedral...

Based on the Sabbat, the altar is decorated accordingly. For example, the Summer Solstice altar cloth should be white and the altar decorated with Summer...

colonial period to the mid-19th century Duvet cover Quilt A type of altar cloth Bedding This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

sacristy as an entry route for tourists and visitors to Westminster Abbey. Altar cloth Antependium Sacristan Savilahti Stone Sacristy Sexton Vestry "Vestry"...

Katharine Worsley Bacton Altar Cloth, the only surviving dress of Queen Elizabeth I; so-named because it had been used as an altar cloth for centuries Cyclone...

terms for something rising from the back of a church altar. In modern usage, it primarily refers to cloth hangings but it can also denote a board, often carved...

fazale, and mobatana, barragan was also used to mean a type of table- or altar-cloth. In the 17th century, the term was revived to mean a twill weave woolen...

buildings. Inside is a memorial to Blanche Parry. It is possible that an altar cloth belonging to the church was made from a dress once worn by Queen Elizabeth...

1837. Zittau Lenten Altar Cloths, two large decorated cloths which were used to hide the altar during Lent. The big lenten altar cloth (56 m2) from 1472...

the altar remains completely bare in Catholic churches, without altar cloth, candlesticks, or cross. In Lutheran and Methodist churches, the altar is usually...

the podea of Paul, Patriarch of Constantinople (late 14th century) "Altar Cloth or Podea (of Paul, Patriarch of Constantinople)". Met Museum. Accession:...

the Apostle, a new altar cloth for San Marco, and "suspended diaphonous white veils between the columns on either side of the altar in San Paolo." John...

church is best known for the centuries-old 'Culpeper cloth', sometimes described as an altar cloth although it is probably too large to have served that...

azulejos for the decoration of antependia (front of an altar), imitating precious altar cloths, is typical for Portugal. The panel may be in one piece...

wiped with a linen cloth. The centre of the altar is next anointed with the oil of the catechumens in the form of a cross. After the altar stone has been...

include the liturgical hangings on and around the altar, such as altar cloths, as well as the cloths hanging from the pulpit and lectern, and in the ecclesiastical...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sancta Missa – Prayers at the Foot of the Altar Archived 2019-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, Latin and English, sanctamissa...

the earliest known direct copies of the Louvre version is actually an altar cloth called the Paliotto leonardesco (ca 1487–90) housed in the Museo Baroffio...