单词 | lardose |
释义 | lardosen. Obsolete exc. Historical. The name given to the screen at the back of the high altar of Durham cathedral. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar > parts of altar > [noun] > back > of high altar in Durham Cathedral lardosec1625 c1625 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 6 Betwixt the said High Altar and St. Cuthbert's Feriture is all of French Peere..with faire Images of alabaster being most finely gilted, beinge called in the antient history the Laordose [1672 Lardose], the said curious workmanshipp of French Peere or Laordose reachinge in hight almost to the middle vault. 1838 J. Britton Dict. Archit. & Archæol. 299 Lardose, a corruption of the French term l'arrière dos, employed to designate the high altar-screen of Durham Cathedral. 1838 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 2) 72 Lardose, Reredoss, (l'arrière dos), a screen at the back of a seat; also behind the altar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1625 |
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