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Elizabethan Altar Cloth, St Faith's Church, BactonPentecost Altar with thematic altar cloth
1993, G. Thomas Ryan, The Sacristy Manual, page 49:
With the expansion of possibilities for altar cloths and their ability to express the given seasons, we are rightly less inclined to use extra hangings (sometimes called paraments) for festivals.
2010, I.S. Cooper, Ceremonies of The Young Rite, page 305:
The altar cloths and eucharistic vessels will be placed on the credence.
2015, David Yonke, Sin, Shame & Secrets:
According to the evidence label, it was an altar cloth, slightly yellowed, about ten feet long and two and a half feet wide, with lace trim on three sides.
