reredos

• Panneau décoratif, souvent peint ou sculpté, placé derrière et au-dessus de l'autel d'une église.

A decorative screen, often painted or carved, positioned above and behind an altar or communion table in a church.

1. Altar screenC2formalart

   An ornamental screen or decoration, often carved or painted, placed behind and above an altar or communion table in a church.

   retable

   • The medieval church features a beautifully carved reredos depicting scenes from the Bible.
   • The reredos behind the altar was restored to its original splendor.
   • The intricate reredos was made of gilded wood and marble.

   Synonymesaltarpiecedossal