Altar-frontal

Altar-Frontal

another name for an altar-cloth. Sometimes, however, frontals were made of wood in panels, richly painted, representing figures of saints or angels. In other cases the most elaborate mosaic work was introduced for the permanent adornment of altar-frontals, on which symbols and representations of types of the blessed sacrament of the altar were appropriately placed. There were also frontals made of the precious metals in which beaten-work, chasing, and embossing were discreetly and tastefully adopted for their greater beauty and richness.