“Incense burned near the altar, and pilgrims were deeply absorbed in their prayers in front of the statue.”

“The room widens almost imperceptibly, then narrows again as the adobe walls converge on either side of the altar.”

“Ideally, the altar would be built in a walled garden where rites could be conducted in privacy.”

“The Vicar of Rothwell, for the maintenance of himself and a fellow-priest, shall have all the altarage with a competent manse.”

“The Italian preference for an altarpiece focused on one painting did not catch on in Spain.”

“The Getty drawing must have been made in connection with a project for a painting, presumably an altarpiece, though no such picture is known.”

“The central panel of this intact triptych altarpiece depicts the Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, together with other saints, flanked by donors.”

“Yet, being multipartite, they call to mind the predella panels of early Renaissance altarpieces.”

“Simultaneously, Cranach continued to produce altarpieces and devotional images reflecting Lutheran theology.”

“Leafy branches hover above the shrine figures in the altarpieces of Tilman Riemenschneider and his contemporaries.”

“In most Hindu households, shops and businesses you will find altars and shrines, and the day is routinely started with worship of gods and gurus.”

“With the rise of private Masses, chapels began to bulge out from the laterals of the church and altars began to be recessed against the walls.”

“The Buddha is not a god but the place teems with statues and altars to him.”