Meaning & use
Predella
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A raised shelf or platform at the base of an altarpiece, often decorated with a row of small painted scenes.
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The predella beneath the main panel depicted scenes from the saint's life.
Restorers spent months cleaning the gilded predella of the Renaissance triptych.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from Italian, where it originally meant a small platform or footstool.
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