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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

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 George Wharton Edwards

The canopies on the piers next to the altar screen remain untouched.

From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by A. (Arthur) Clutton-Brock

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 George Worley

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




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