Assertion: cathedral's altar | /r/AtLocation | the middle of the church
Facets:
value: as in the ancient basilicas
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: According to the "Caeremoniale Episcoporum" (I, c. xiii) the throne should be a fixture and placed either at the extreme end of the apse-- when, as in the ancient basilicas, the altar is in the middle of the church and the celebrant faces the people--or else to the front of the altar on the Gospel side, when the altar is placed, as is usual, against the rear wall and the celebrant turns his back to the people.