<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">altar chests</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31356591</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:36:09</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">altar chest</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">altar-chests</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">chests, altar</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Distinctive chests, often portable, designed for the altar to be collapsible or otherwise fit into a chest, along with the other essential items required for the liturgy. The term may also apply to chests associated with a separate altar, whether or not they are portable or were intended to be hidden. Well-known examples of collapsible portable altar chests, intended to be hidden, were those used in northern Europe in the 17th-18th centuries, during times of prohibition of the celebration of Catholic Mass. ]]></dc:description></metadata>