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Isaac Kremer/ January 14, 2018/ / 0 comments

In Italian, a step; hence, in English writing on Italian art, the superaltar, a raised shelf set above the altar and at its back, usually as long as the mensa, one third or one fourth as wide, and having the front closed in. This front is, then, frequently adorned with paintings, and this narrow row of pictures is called the predella. (Sturgis, 1900)