The sacristans produced from the deep shelves, as though they were books, the splendid and famous frontals of the high altar.
"The Shadow of the Cathedral"
Vicente Blasco Ibañez
Then universal silence would reign, some remaining where they had climbed upon the frontals of the buildings, screening their eyes with their open hand, while the rest lay flat on their faces at the foot of the ramparts straining their ears.
"Salammbo"
Gustave Flaubert
It may be regarded as a typical example of real English work, the "Opus Anglicanum" or "Anglicum," which, although used for other purposes, such as altar-cloths and altar-frontals, found apparently its fullest scope in these large semicircular mantles.
"Chats on Old Lace and Needlework"
Emily Leigh Lowes