antependium
decorative piece, usually of textile, but also metalwork, stone or other material that can adorn a Christian altar
Silver Altar of San Giovanni Battista
work of Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Andrea del Verrocchio and others,1367-1483, for the Florence Baptistery, now Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
altar cloth
textile covering for an altar
Crossing the Red Sea in Arles
re-use of a 4th century sarcophagus as an altar trimming (antependium) in the St. Genesius'side chapel in the Saint-Trophime former cathedral to Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, France).