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Bench table

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A bench table (Template:Lang-fr; Template:Lang-it; Template:Lang-de) is a low stone seat which runs round the interior of the walls of many large churches. Bench tables are also found around the bases of pillars, and in porches and cloisters.[1]

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bench Table". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 716.
  1. ^ Passmore, Augustine C. (1904). Handbook of Technical Terms Used in Architecture and Building and Their Allied Trades and Subjects. Scott, Greenwood, and Company. p. 42.