95 The Church of Our Lady od Špilice – St Mary retable / St Joseph retable unclear. It is evident that the polychrome layer extends to the inner side of the jamb boxes. Although there are no traces of a frame or of any fixing elements, it is most likely that canvas paintings had been displayed there ever since. Both retables are now standing on separate narrow modern wooden subconstructions which in turn are resting on a stone mensa held by two stone corbels. Although the two retables are very similar in style and general appearance, there are distinct differences in details and patterns of the decorative scheme. Cartapesta elements Most of the decorative elements like mouldings, friezes, and consoles were carved of wood and were attached to the body of the retables with nails. The ornament in the lower part of the columns was chiselled out of the body of the columns. The main acanthus ornament of the entablatura frieze, the applied rosettes of the metopes in the console frieze as well as the puttiheads of the Mary retable, however, were found to have been made in cartapesta (Fig. 149, 150). Fig. 149: St Mary retable; entablatura and gable; red arrows indicate the cartapesta elements
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