PREDELLA  , the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian word for a footstool or kneeling-See also:

• STOOL

stool, hence applied to the step or See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform on which an See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar rests, and to a shelf raised above the altar at the back, a super-altar or gradino . The See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face both of the step and shelf are frequently decorated with See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture or See also:

• PAINTING

painting, and the See also:

• TERM

term " predella " is frequently given to the sculpture or painting so used, and, further, to any painting that is a See also:

• PENDANT (through Fr. from Lat. pendere, to hang)

pendant to a larger See also:

• WORK

work .