altar screen
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“I did the sanctuary of the St. Brendan Church in Shallotte with beautiful millwork,” said Setterfield, who also designed a 16-by-14-foot altar screen.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2015
Among the latter we may note the high altar screen at S. Alban’s, and the stalls at Carlisle and Ripon.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
Other details especially worthy of notice are the altar screen of c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
I came down from Antwerp especially to see old St. Martin's, which enshrined a most wondrous Jube, or altar screen, and a chime of bells from the workshop of the Van den Gheyns.
From Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by Edwards, George Wharton
The reredos must not be confused with the great altar screen: it was quite small, and was immediately at the back of the altar itself.
From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by Worley, George
