reredos
English
Etymology
From Middle English reredos, from Anglo-Norman reredos, areredos; equivalent to rere (“rear”) + French dos (“back”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹiɹ.dɒs/
Alternative forms
- raredos
- reredosse
Noun
reredos (plural reredoses)
- A screen or decoration behind the altar in a church, usually depicting religious iconography or images.
- 1871, The Sacristy: A Quarterly Review of Ecclesiastical Art and Literature, Volume 1, John Hodges, London, page 246,
- A bad reredos will ruin the best church ever designed; and, although a good reredos cannot convert a bad church into a good one, it may do much to lessen the offensiveness of its badness.
- 1998, Paul V. M. Flesher, Rereading the Reredos: David, Orpheus, and Messianism in the Dura Europa Syngogue, Dān Ûrman, Paul Virgil McCracken Flesher (editors), Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery, page 363,
- Confusion has reigned in scholarly interpretation, however, because the dark-colored leaves have shown through the succeeding coats of paint across the reredos, interfering with the later scenes.
- 2007, F. E. Howard, English Church Woodwork, page 137,
- There seem to be no remains of wooden reredoses of the fourteenth century, though there are a number of examples in stone.
- 1871, The Sacristy: A Quarterly Review of Ecclesiastical Art and Literature, Volume 1, John Hodges, London, page 246,
- The back of an open fire-hearth, in medieval halls.
Synonyms
Translations
screen or decoration behind the altar in a church — see retable
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman reredos, areredos; equivalent to rere (“rear, following”) + Old French dos (“back”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛːr(ə)dɔs/, /ˈrɛːr(ə)dɔːs/
Noun
reredos (plural reredosis)
Descendants
- English: reredos
References
- “rēre-dō̆s(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.
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