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grave altars (sepulchral monuments, funerary structures, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Altars that contain or are placed over a grave, sometimes of grand scale and serving as both a funerary altar and a commemorative monument. The form was highly developed in ancient Rome and was continued in the Christian era; particularly lavish examples date to the Baroque period. For tombs that mimic the form of an altar, but are not actually used as altars, use "altar tombs." To distinguish grave altars that held ashes rather than a corpse or other remains, use the more specific "cineraria (sepulchral monuments)." |
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grave altars (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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grave altar (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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altars, grave (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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grave-altars (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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funerary altars (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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grafaltaren (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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grafaltaar (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.RK |
Hierarchical Position:
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.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............................ funerary structures (G) |
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................................ sepulchral monuments (G) |
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.................................... grave altars (P,U) |
Additional Parents:
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Objects Facet |
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.... Components (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ components (objects parts) (G) |
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................................ altars (religious fixtures) (G) |
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........................................ grave altars (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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Dutch ..... Bij het grafaltaar wordt het altaarblad (mensa) gedragen door vier platen van hout of steen, die veelal in hoekzuilen samenkomen. De voorzijde kan worden geopend om bij het (relieken)graf te kunnen komen. Een grafaltaar functioneert daadwerkelijk als een graf. |
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Related concepts: |
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conjuncted with .... |
graves |
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(funerary structures, ceremonial structures, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300005907] |
distinguished from .... |
altar tombs |
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(<tombs by form>, tombs, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300005928] |
meaning/usage overlaps with .... |
sarcophagus altars |
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(sepulchral monuments, funerary structures, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300395578] |
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