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Roodscreens and roodlofts (1909)

Bond, Frederick Bligh, 1864-1945, Camm, Bede, 1864-1942 · London, I. Pitman · leaf 60

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reen in which these twodoorways existed being opaque—we are told it was decorated by paintings—and the doorscovered with veils.3 The description implies a form closely analogous to the iconostasisand shrouded sanctuary of the Eastern churches. 1 These are reproduced from the Buckler manuscripts. 2… … EARLY SCREENWORK 29 So far then as documentary evidence can guide us, it appears that the British(Celtic) churches contained a solid or opaque sanctuary screen. For the rest we may assume, with Gilbert Scott, that they

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