<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">altar chests</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>case furniture</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>portable altars</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>altar chest</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>altar-chests</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>chests, altar</topic></variant> <note 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. ]]></note></mads>