Bond, Frederick Bligh, 1864-1945, Camm, Bede, 1864-1942 · London, I. Pitman · leaf 158
rlier days occupied positions upon their floors, came a greatalteration in their shape and construction. The earlier lofts, as we have seen, were very deep, and were formed by floors restingupon screens or beams at their eastern extremities. But the fifteenth century loft is 1 Viz.: West Alvington… … THE ICONOSTASIS AND THE ROODLOFT 87 usually a much narrower one, and is supported commonly by a single screen whichruns centrally beneath it and upholds it on both sides by a bracketed framework whichthe ribbed vaulting encases and conceals. These later lofts vary in width, but theiraverage is from…
Screens (Church decoration) · Church architecture
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