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Altar frontals

Scope note

Carved, painted, embroidered, or otherwise decorated panels or hangings covering the front of a Christian altar. STOK

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30003730

Broader Terms used

<religious visual works>

Equivalent Terms used

altar frontal

Created

13yrs ago

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