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Roodscreens and roodlofts (1909)

Bond, Frederick Bligh, 1864-1945, Camm, Bede, 1864-1942 · London : I. Pitman · leaf 197

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ost ancient authority.There is every evidence, too, that the Reformers intended to maintain the traditionalidea of a complete veil or barrier between nave and chancel, and this we see in thepreservation of the tympanum of the roodscreen. § 54- The origin and history of this solid barrier in our… … Fig. 70 POST-REFORMATION SCREENWORK 109 though no longer used for the display of superstitious paintings, persisted after theReformation. Where the roodlofts had been removed, in obedience to the general order,a tympanum of lath and plaster was often constructed vertically over the screen, andon…

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