chancel screen
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Dr. Fosdick's party paused to study the great, stone chancel screen curving from reading desk to pulpit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fine woodwork is to be seen in the cradle roof, while the chancel screen was carefully modelled on one of earlier date.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by C. A. Dawson Scott
Of the fifteen kings, from William of Normandy to Henry of Windsor, whose sculptured effigies appear upon the chancel screen in York Minster, there is scarcely one who has not worshiped in this cathedral….
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
The nave is on the south side with north chapelry or Lady aisle, heavy Norman pillars and plain chancel screen.
From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Edwin Walford
"Does Mr. Ambrose particularly wish that the first part of the service should take place near the chancel screen?" inquires Sir John.
From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Walter Field
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