Der christliche Altar in seiner geschichtlichen Entwicklung: Die Ausstattung des Altars, Antependien, Velen, Leuchterbank, Stufen, Ciborium und Baldachin, Retabel, Reliquien- und Sakramentsaltar, Altarschranken
Der christliche Altar in seiner geschichtlichen Entwicklung is a 1924 German study by the Jesuit art historian Joseph Braun on the history of Christian altars, covering their furnishings, retables, reliquary and sacrament altars and screens, held by Heidelberg University Library. The plates show carved and painted altarpieces, with dense rows of relief panels and figure scenes in gilded frames, and a designer could draw on their architectural framing, tiered compartments and ornamental borders for layout.
