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A reredos or raredos is an altarpiece, or a screen or decoration behind the altar in a church, usually depicting religious iconography or images. In French and sometimes in English, this is called a retable; in Catalan a ''retaule'', in Spanish a ''retablo'', etc. It can be made of stone, wood, metal, ivory, or a combination of materials. The images may be painted, carved, gilded, composed of mosaics, and/or embedded with niches for statues. Sometimes a tapestry is used, or other fabric such as silk or velvet. ''Reredos'' is derived through Middle English from the 14th century Anglo-Norman ''areredos'', which in turn is from ''arere'' behind +''dos'' back, from Latin ''dorsum''. The term referred generally to an open hearth of a fireplace or a screen placed behind a table. Used in the 14th and 15th centuries, ''reredos'' had become nearly obsolete until revived in the 19th century. The retable may have become part of the reredos when an altar was moved away from the wall. For altars that are still against the wall, the retable often sits on top of the altar, at the back, particularly when there is no reredos (a dossal curtain or something similar is used instead). The retable is also where the altar cross, flowers and "office light" type candlesticks sit. ==Examples from various churches== Image:West Bromwich Holy Trinity Church reredos 01.jpg|This reredos in Holy Trinity Church, West Bromwich, was provided as part of the war memorials in thanksgiving for the safe return of those serving in the Great War, 1914 - 1919. Image:madonna_of_the_chair_ansgar.jpg|This reredos is found under the altar in Ansgar Chapel, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC. Image:Retablo mayor de la Basílica del Pilar.jpg|Altar of The Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza Image:Basilica_Screen_Cathedral_Basilica_St_Francis_Santa_Fe_NewMexico_PA300106.jpg|Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis, Santa Fe, New Mexico Image:Sto_Nino_Basilica_Retablo.jpg|Main altar ''retablo'' of the (Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño ) in Cebu City, Philippines 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reredos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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