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Roodscreens and roodlofts (1909)

Bond, Frederick Bligh, 1864-1945, Camm, Bede, 1864-1942 · London, I. Pitman · leaf 42

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II) provides a valuable instance ofearly choir arrangements.1 Here the choirenclosure consists of a low marble screento the westward, with rectangular returnwalls on north and south upon which abuttedthe ambones or elevated tribunes. It iscarried well down to the middle of the nave. 1 These… … 0 U. D A D 3—(2239) 18 ROODSCREENS AND ROODLOFTS In some instances it was carried further. Spain provides some examples, of whicha typical specimen is here illustrated, showing the choir right down in the western partof the nave, its wall being not far from the west door (Fig. 13). The various…

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