Processional altars of Salantai church

Straipsnyje pristatomi Salantų bažnyčios senieji procesijų altorėliai, minimi rašytiniuose šaltiniuose, aprašomi išlikę pavyzdžiai. Išsamiau aptariamas veidrodinis procesijų altorėlis, jo meninės ypatybės, analizuojamas dirbinio sukūrimo laikas ir autorystė Based on written sources, in the epoch of Baroque, Salantai Church had a truly impressive collection of processional articles. In the second half of the 17th century, the professional banners alone numbered at a hundred and a half. The 1715 visitation act listed nine portable pictures, in more recent documents they were referred to as professional altars. As only one of them survived into the 19th century, two new ones were acquired in 1803. The expanses related with the manufacture of these altars are recorded in the extant expenses book of the church. In total, 2,097 Polish auksinas and 11 grašis were spent (the altars did not survive). In the second half of the 19th century, Salantai Church acquired its third processional altar. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was translated into a newly built brick church and has been preserved there into the present day. In its form and decor the altar appears closest to the works preserved by Ylakiai and Laukžemė churches and attributed to the craftsman Zenonas Virkietis. In 1917, Jonas Balčiūnas made three Neo-Gothic processional altars for Salantai Church. All of them are still housed in the church