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Roodscreens and roodlofts (1909)

Bond, Frederick Bligh, 1864-1945, Camm, Bede, 1864-1942 · London : I. Pitman · leaf 36

An illustration from Roodscreens and roodlofts, 1909, leaf 36
symbols,the bell and the Tau cross, appear constantly in the carved work on the screen at Kenton,as Bishop Courtenay, who gave that screen, had been Master of St. Anthonys Hospital inLondon. St. Anthony was very popular in England, and his image is found on theEast Anglian roodscreens, in a window… … ^^ z PANELS OF DEVONSHIRE SCREENS 219 the countty. At Strensham in Worcestershire, St. Anthony is painted on a panel of theroodloft gallerj, in a similar black-and-white habit adorned with the Tau cross, andaccompanied by a very realistic pig, who looks up in the saints face in a…

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