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Santarém, Portugal</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>reredos</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="&#39;r&#39; in &#39;rye&#39;">r</span><span title="/ɪər/: &#39;ear&#39; in &#39;near&#39;">ɪər</span><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="&#39;d&#39; in &#39;dye&#39;">d</span><span title="/ɒ/: &#39;o&#39; in &#39;body&#39;">ɒ</span><span title="&#39;s&#39; in &#39;sigh&#39;">s</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="&#39;r&#39; in &#39;rye&#39;">r</span><span title="/ɪər/: &#39;ear&#39; in &#39;near&#39;">ɪər</span><span title="/ɪ/: &#39;i&#39; in &#39;kit&#39;">ɪ</span></span>-,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="&#39;r&#39; in &#39;rye&#39;">r</span><span title="/ɛ/: &#39;e&#39; in &#39;dress&#39;">ɛ</span><span title="&#39;r&#39; in &#39;rye&#39;">r</span><span title="/ɪ/: &#39;i&#39; in &#39;kit&#39;">ɪ</span></span>-/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">REER</span>-dos</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">REER</span>-ih-</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">RERR</span>-ih-</i></a>) is a large <a href="/wiki/Altarpiece" title="Altarpiece">altarpiece</a>, a screen, or decoration placed behind the <a href="/wiki/Altar" title="Altar">altar</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">church</a>. It often includes <a href="/wiki/Religious_image" title="Religious image">religious images</a>. </p><p>The term <i>reredos</i> may also be used for similar structures, if elaborate, in secular architecture, for example very grand carved <a href="/wiki/Chimneypiece" class="mw-redirect" title="Chimneypiece">chimneypieces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It also refers to a simple, low stone wall placed behind a <a href="/wiki/Hearth" title="Hearth">hearth</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reredos&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A reredos can be made of stone, wood, metal, <a href="/wiki/Ivory" title="Ivory">ivory</a>, or a combination of materials. The images may be painted, carved, <a href="/wiki/Gilded" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilded">gilded</a>, composed of <a href="/wiki/Mosaic" title="Mosaic">mosaics</a>, and/or embedded with <a href="/wiki/Niche_(architecture)" title="Niche (architecture)">niches</a> for <a href="/wiki/Statue" title="Statue">statues</a>. 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(Despite its appearance, the first part of the word is not formed by doubling the prefix "re-", but by an archaic spelling of "rear".) In the 14th and 15th centuries the term referred generally to an open hearth of a fireplace or to a screen placed behind a table, then became nearly <a href="/wiki/Obsolete" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete">obsolete</a> until it was revived in the 19th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reredos_vs_retable"><i>Reredos</i> vs <i>retable</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reredos&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Reredos vs retable"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term <i>reredos</i> is sometimes confused with the term <i><a href="/wiki/Retable" title="Retable">retable</a></i>. While a <i>reredos</i> generally forms or covers the wall behind an altar,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a <i>retable</i> is placed either on the altar or immediately behind and attached to the altar. "Many altars have both a reredos and a retable."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> But this distinction may not always be observed. The retable may have become part of the reredos when an altar was moved away from the wall. For altars that are against the wall, the retable often sits on top of the altar, at the back, particularly when there is no reredos (in which case a <a href="/wiki/Dossal" title="Dossal">dossal</a> curtain or something similar is used instead of a reredos). The retable may hold flowers and candlesticks. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> (and sometimes in <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> by confusing the terms), a reredos is called a <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">retable</i></span>; in <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> a <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">retablo</i></span>, etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reredos&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_College_Chapel_Interior_2,_Oxford,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="New College, Oxford Chapel reredos, UK"><img alt="New College, Oxford Chapel reredos, UK" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/New_College_Chapel_Interior_2%2C_Oxford%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/135px-New_College_Chapel_Interior_2%2C_Oxford%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/New_College_Chapel_Interior_2%2C_Oxford%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/203px-New_College_Chapel_Interior_2%2C_Oxford%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/New_College_Chapel_Interior_2%2C_Oxford%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/270px-New_College_Chapel_Interior_2%2C_Oxford%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5339" data-file-height="7902" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/New_College,_Oxford" title="New College, Oxford">New College, Oxford</a> Chapel reredos, UK</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Retablo_mayor_de_la_Bas%C3%ADlica_del_Pilar.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Altar of The Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza"><img alt="Altar of The Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Retablo_mayor_de_la_Bas%C3%ADlica_del_Pilar.jpg/139px-Retablo_mayor_de_la_Bas%C3%ADlica_del_Pilar.jpg" decoding="async" width="139" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Retablo_mayor_de_la_Bas%C3%ADlica_del_Pilar.jpg/208px-Retablo_mayor_de_la_Bas%C3%ADlica_del_Pilar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Retablo_mayor_de_la_Bas%C3%ADlica_del_Pilar.jpg/278px-Retablo_mayor_de_la_Bas%C3%ADlica_del_Pilar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="816" data-file-height="1174" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Altar of The <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Pillar" class="mw-redirect" title="Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar">Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Zaragoza" title="Zaragoza">Zaragoza</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tarancon_-_Iglesia_de_Nra._Sra._de_la_Asuncion_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Tarancón"><img alt="Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Tarancón" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Tarancon_-_Iglesia_de_Nra._Sra._de_la_Asuncion_3.jpg/150px-Tarancon_-_Iglesia_de_Nra._Sra._de_la_Asuncion_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Tarancon_-_Iglesia_de_Nra._Sra._de_la_Asuncion_3.jpg/225px-Tarancon_-_Iglesia_de_Nra._Sra._de_la_Asuncion_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Tarancon_-_Iglesia_de_Nra._Sra._de_la_Asuncion_3.jpg/300px-Tarancon_-_Iglesia_de_Nra._Sra._de_la_Asuncion_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, <a href="/wiki/Taranc%C3%B3n" title="Tarancón">Tarancón</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Bromwich_Holy_Trinity_Church_reredos_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Holy Trinity Church, West Bromwich, war memorial for World War&#160;I"><img alt="Holy Trinity Church, West Bromwich, war memorial for World War&#160;I" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/West_Bromwich_Holy_Trinity_Church_reredos_01.jpg/160px-West_Bromwich_Holy_Trinity_Church_reredos_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/West_Bromwich_Holy_Trinity_Church_reredos_01.jpg/240px-West_Bromwich_Holy_Trinity_Church_reredos_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/West_Bromwich_Holy_Trinity_Church_reredos_01.jpg/320px-West_Bromwich_Holy_Trinity_Church_reredos_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3116" data-file-height="2284" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Holy Trinity Church, West Bromwich, war memorial for World War&#160;I</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SanJuanCapistranoGrandRetablo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The &quot;Grand Retablo&quot;, Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano"><img alt="The &quot;Grand Retablo&quot;, Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/08/SanJuanCapistranoGrandRetablo.jpg/150px-SanJuanCapistranoGrandRetablo.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/08/SanJuanCapistranoGrandRetablo.jpg/225px-SanJuanCapistranoGrandRetablo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/08/SanJuanCapistranoGrandRetablo.jpg/300px-SanJuanCapistranoGrandRetablo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The "Grand Retablo", <a href="/wiki/Mission_Basilica_San_Juan_Capistrano" title="Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano">Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Basilica_Screen_Cathedral_Basilica_St_Francis_Santa_Fe_NewMexico_PA300106.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis, Santa Fe, New Mexico"><img alt="Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis, Santa Fe, New Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Basilica_Screen_Cathedral_Basilica_St_Francis_Santa_Fe_NewMexico_PA300106.jpg/150px-Basilica_Screen_Cathedral_Basilica_St_Francis_Santa_Fe_NewMexico_PA300106.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Basilica_Screen_Cathedral_Basilica_St_Francis_Santa_Fe_NewMexico_PA300106.jpg/225px-Basilica_Screen_Cathedral_Basilica_St_Francis_Santa_Fe_NewMexico_PA300106.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Basilica_Screen_Cathedral_Basilica_St_Francis_Santa_Fe_NewMexico_PA300106.jpg/300px-Basilica_Screen_Cathedral_Basilica_St_Francis_Santa_Fe_NewMexico_PA300106.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="853" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis, Santa Fe, New Mexico</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Basilica_Minore_del_Santo_Ni%C3%B1o_de_Cebu_inside_altar_(Osme%C3%B1a_Boulevard,_Cebu_City;_01-14-2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Main altar &quot;retablo&quot; of the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño in Cebu City, Philippines"><img alt="Main altar &quot;retablo&quot; of the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño in Cebu City, Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Basilica_Minore_del_Santo_Ni%C3%B1o_de_Cebu_inside_altar_%28Osme%C3%B1a_Boulevard%2C_Cebu_City%3B_01-14-2023%29.jpg/160px-Basilica_Minore_del_Santo_Ni%C3%B1o_de_Cebu_inside_altar_%28Osme%C3%B1a_Boulevard%2C_Cebu_City%3B_01-14-2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Basilica_Minore_del_Santo_Ni%C3%B1o_de_Cebu_inside_altar_%28Osme%C3%B1a_Boulevard%2C_Cebu_City%3B_01-14-2023%29.jpg/240px-Basilica_Minore_del_Santo_Ni%C3%B1o_de_Cebu_inside_altar_%28Osme%C3%B1a_Boulevard%2C_Cebu_City%3B_01-14-2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Basilica_Minore_del_Santo_Ni%C3%B1o_de_Cebu_inside_altar_%28Osme%C3%B1a_Boulevard%2C_Cebu_City%3B_01-14-2023%29.jpg/320px-Basilica_Minore_del_Santo_Ni%C3%B1o_de_Cebu_inside_altar_%28Osme%C3%B1a_Boulevard%2C_Cebu_City%3B_01-14-2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Main altar "retablo" of the <a href="/wiki/Basilica_del_Santo_Ni%C3%B1o" title="Basilica del Santo Niño">Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Reredos_at_St_Mary%27s_Church,_West_Rainton._By_Antonio_Salviati_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Plain altarpiece painting"><img alt="Plain altarpiece painting" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Reredos_at_St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_West_Rainton._By_Antonio_Salviati_01.JPG/150px-Reredos_at_St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_West_Rainton._By_Antonio_Salviati_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Reredos_at_St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_West_Rainton._By_Antonio_Salviati_01.JPG/225px-Reredos_at_St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_West_Rainton._By_Antonio_Salviati_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Reredos_at_St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_West_Rainton._By_Antonio_Salviati_01.JPG/300px-Reredos_at_St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_West_Rainton._By_Antonio_Salviati_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Plain <a href="/wiki/Altarpiece" title="Altarpiece">altarpiece</a> painting</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lalique_glass_altarpiece_in_the_Glass_Church_Jersey.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Modern Lalique glass reredos, Saint Matthew&#39;s Church (&quot;the Glass Church&quot;), Millbrook, Jersey"><img alt="Modern Lalique glass reredos, Saint Matthew&#39;s Church (&quot;the Glass Church&quot;), Millbrook, Jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Lalique_glass_altarpiece_in_the_Glass_Church_Jersey.jpg/134px-Lalique_glass_altarpiece_in_the_Glass_Church_Jersey.jpg" decoding="async" width="134" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Lalique_glass_altarpiece_in_the_Glass_Church_Jersey.jpg/201px-Lalique_glass_altarpiece_in_the_Glass_Church_Jersey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Lalique_glass_altarpiece_in_the_Glass_Church_Jersey.jpg/268px-Lalique_glass_altarpiece_in_the_Glass_Church_Jersey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1015" data-file-height="1512" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Modern <a href="/wiki/Lalique" title="Lalique">Lalique</a> glass reredos, <a href="/wiki/St_Matthew%27s_Church,_Millbrook" class="mw-redirect" title="St Matthew&#39;s Church, Millbrook">Saint Matthew's Church</a> ("the Glass Church"), Millbrook, <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grace_Church_in_New_York.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Grace Church in New York Reredos, Grace Church (Manhattan)"><img alt="Grace Church in New York Reredos, Grace Church (Manhattan)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Grace_Church_in_New_York.jpg/160px-Grace_Church_in_New_York.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Grace_Church_in_New_York.jpg/240px-Grace_Church_in_New_York.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Grace_Church_in_New_York.jpg/320px-Grace_Church_in_New_York.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Grace Church in New York Reredos, <a href="/wiki/Grace_Church_(Manhattan)" title="Grace Church (Manhattan)">Grace Church (Manhattan)</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Templo_de_Santa_Rosa_de_Lima_(de_las_Rosas)_en_Morelia,_Michoac%C3%A1n_(6011826833).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Altarpiece and lateral reredos in the Church of Santa Rosa de Lima in Morelia, Mexico, built in the late 18th century[4]"><img alt="Altarpiece and lateral reredos in the Church of Santa Rosa de Lima in Morelia, Mexico, built in the late 18th century[4]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Templo_de_Santa_Rosa_de_Lima_%28de_las_Rosas%29_en_Morelia%2C_Michoac%C3%A1n_%286011826833%29.jpg/160px-Templo_de_Santa_Rosa_de_Lima_%28de_las_Rosas%29_en_Morelia%2C_Michoac%C3%A1n_%286011826833%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Templo_de_Santa_Rosa_de_Lima_%28de_las_Rosas%29_en_Morelia%2C_Michoac%C3%A1n_%286011826833%29.jpg/240px-Templo_de_Santa_Rosa_de_Lima_%28de_las_Rosas%29_en_Morelia%2C_Michoac%C3%A1n_%286011826833%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Templo_de_Santa_Rosa_de_Lima_%28de_las_Rosas%29_en_Morelia%2C_Michoac%C3%A1n_%286011826833%29.jpg/320px-Templo_de_Santa_Rosa_de_Lima_%28de_las_Rosas%29_en_Morelia%2C_Michoac%C3%A1n_%286011826833%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Altarpiece and lateral reredos in the Church of Santa Rosa de Lima in <a href="/wiki/Morelia" title="Morelia">Morelia</a>, Mexico, built in the late 18th century<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Despenser_Retable,_Norwich_Cathedral,_England.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Despenser reredos at Norwich Cathedral, UK[5]"><img alt="Despenser reredos at Norwich Cathedral, UK[5]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Despenser_Retable%2C_Norwich_Cathedral%2C_England.jpg/160px-Despenser_Retable%2C_Norwich_Cathedral%2C_England.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Despenser_Retable%2C_Norwich_Cathedral%2C_England.jpg/240px-Despenser_Retable%2C_Norwich_Cathedral%2C_England.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Despenser_Retable%2C_Norwich_Cathedral%2C_England.jpg/320px-Despenser_Retable%2C_Norwich_Cathedral%2C_England.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4020" data-file-height="2737" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Despenser_reredos" class="mw-redirect" title="Despenser reredos">Despenser reredos</a> at <a href="/wiki/Norwich_Cathedral" title="Norwich Cathedral">Norwich Cathedral</a>, UK<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reredos&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altarpiece" title="Altarpiece">Altarpiece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iconostasis" title="Iconostasis">Iconostasis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retablo" title="Retablo">Retablo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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