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
Its rood- loft, carved stalls, altar screen, and monuments require a chapter to themselves.
From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
This Abbot's name will be remembered because the high altar screen was his work, and is generally called Wallingford's screen.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.
Farther east is a solid altar screen, classical in design, of wood, with a pediment, in which is a triangle surrounded by rays, enclosing certain Hebrew letters in gold.
From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)
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 Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur)
