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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| retable |
(r ´t b l) (KEY) , frame for decorative panels at the back of an altar in European churches. Retables, often sumptuously decorated in alabaster and gold, generally contained scenes from the Bible. An altarpiece made of fixed panels may also be termed a retable. |
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