high altar

[43] Moreover, across the Alps, there was quite a tradition of burial behin d the high altar. There was, too, the royal tradition of burial in the choir, this usually being in the central nave.

In The Secrets of Westminster Abbey: A Time Team Special (Channel 4, 8pm), they focus on the Cosmati Pavement, which was laid down in front of the High Altar in 1268.

These two multiscreen video installations will be permanently located at the end of the Quire aisles, flanking the High Altar of the Cathedral and the American Memorial Chapel where US Service men and women who gave their lives in the Second World War are commemorated.

But a two-month, pounds 61,000 restoration programme has now been completed and it has been returned to take pride of place behind the cathedral's High Altar.

A double sided, carved and painted altarpiece created in 1443 by the Venetian team of Antonio Vivarini, Giovanni d'Alemagna, and Ludovico da Forli stands in the midst of the apse on the high altar (figs.

Last evening we had a quiet time of devotion in the shrine chapel followed by Benediction; the Holy Sacrament which is used on these occasions is reserved in the tabernacle which you see up above the high altar. The next day we were back in the chapel for concelebrated Mass at noon.

Many tourists visit the saintly remains on St Valentine's Day, when the casket is carried in solemn procession to the high altar for a special Mass dedicated to young people and all those in love.

It might be somewhat sentimental but the inspired inclusion of side drum, played by former cathedral chorister Andrew Davey as he processed from the Rankin Porch under the central space to the High Altar, was much appreciated by the audience.

However, the set - which could double as a high altar - has a whiff of the am-dram about it: as improvised as the mimed sipping of drinks set out in the text.

In the greyness of late afternoon the body of Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham Dr Joseph Masterson was yesterday taken to St Chad's Cathedral and placed before the High Altar.

Matthew on the Evangelists' Vault, decorated by Cimabue above the transept, which, as it fell, irretrievably crushed the splendid high altar.

The Capuchins refused this architectural grandeur, but did acc ept, a few years later, the new painting, Madonna in Glory, for their High Altar (fig.

The congregation included members of the Scouts, who assisted with the collection, and Beaver Leader Stuart Hales-Taylor and Beaver Scout Daisy Brooke carried the bread and wine to the high altar where Martyn was assisted by server Pat Jessop.

The cathedral setting, with the singers and musicians beneath the nave bridge, and a single light shining on the crucifix of the distant high altar, is unsurpassed.

The high altar and side chapels of the cathedral have been adorned with thousands of flowers - thanks to the volunteer helpers from churches throughout the Archdiocese of Liverpool who are able to see the results of their splendid efforts.