| If the SECOND ACOLYTE has assisted on the predella, he will descend in plano, genuflect, and return to his place. |
| The total painted surface of all the panels is over fifty feet in width, plus the predella which is two feet high by eleven feet wide. |
| The predella painting also refers to the overall subject of the Resurrection and was originally positioned on top of the altar. |
| Yet, being multipartite, they call to mind the predella panels of early Renaissance altarpieces. |
| The Maestà is in the form of a large horizontal rectangle, surmounted by pinnacles, and with a narrow horizontal panel, or predella, as its base. |
| On the predella are paintings of the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Annunciation, the Tree of Jesse and the Adoration of the Kings. |
