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Roodscreens and roodlofts (1909)

Bond, Frederick Bligh, 1864-1945, Camm, Bede, 1864-1942 · London : I. Pitman · leaf 69

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may note, bybeing concealed (o jelix culpa !) under the green baize thatlined the high pews which formerly abutted on the screen. Here we find St. Sitha, veiled with a rosary and keys;St. Erasmus, a most gruesome figure, bearing his entrailswound around a windlass; St. Roch showing hisplague-spot,… … SS. 33 PANELS OF DEVONSHIRE SCREENS 241 habit, with a sword in his head and a processional cross in his hand. Tlie difficulty was to decide if it were meant for St. Tliomas of Canterbury or St. Peter, Martyr. At first we were inclined to the former, but after two visits to study this figure, we…

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