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Roodscreens and roodlofts (1909)

Bond, Frederick Bligh, 1864-1945, Camm, Bede, 1864-1942 · London : I. Pitman · leaf 121

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erous, for not only has time caused theirdisappearance through natural decay, but they have too frequently been sacrificed tomake way for the more elaborate works of the succeeding centuries. The fourteenth century provides us with a fair number of roodscreens, of moreelaborate pattern than their… … The arcaded form is frequently found, although until the invention of groined covings,or vaultings, the general structure was rectangular—necessarily so in the case of thosescreens which supported a loft or gallery. In the larger screens the number of lightsis greatly multiplied, but in the…

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