portugese to english

[Robert Armour]

Please assist a student friend to translate and describe in english,
Retabulo ,Rettabulo , Retabls, Meaning the wooden carving behind the alter in a church ?
Many thanks.
Robert.

[Pierre]

I asked http://www.ectaco.com to translate these words in English. There were no results.

The french word is retable.
I asked http://www.ectaco.com to translate it in English. The result was ALTARPIECE.

Trying to translate ALTARPIECE thorough in portuguese gave again no results.

[Guest]

hope this is of use...


RETABULO-is portuguese for a building made of stone or wood which is on top of the altar.
It is situated behind the preist.
It usually contains a painting or a decorated wooden panel
The word is taken from the latin
RETRO-Behind
TABULA-panel

[Robert Armour]

Pierre is right. Retabulo means: retable, altar piece or decorated panel.

[Notorious]

Pierre and guest are absolutely right. Retabulo means: retable, altar piece or decorated panel.