15 February 2013

Lentorama 2013: There's a Name for That

Day 3: antependium

The antipendium is any cloth that hangs down the front of an altar, lectern or other stand/table. It can reach all the way to the floor or, in the case of an altar with a carved or painted front piece, it can just hang a few inches.

They can also be called paraments, or even just hangings. Which makes you wonder why they even bothered with the Latin name in the first place. 

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