Predella (Ital.), the step or ledge sometimes seen at the back of an altar; also the frieze or band of pictures along the bottom of an altar-piece.
Predella
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 387
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Predella (Ital.), the step or ledge sometimes seen at the back of an altar; also the frieze or band of pictures along the bottom of an altar-piece.