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Roodscreens and roodlofts (1909)

Bond, Frederick Bligh, 1864-1945, Camm, Bede, 1864-1942 · London : I. Pitman · leaf 164

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and heard was regarded as theparamount requirement. The custom, also, of transposing the singers gallery to thewest end of the church, originating in the requirements of the Elizabethan archbishops,seems gradually to have established itself in popular favour. We find numerous instancesof this… … THE ICONOSTASIS AND THE ROODLOFT 89 eighteenth century, the western gallery had become quite an accepted and usual feature.Such are the factors which determined the final disappearance of the loft over the chancelscreen. The roodlofts of England and Wales still survive in sufficient numbers…

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