rood loft
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The beautiful high altar, the rood loft, the choir stalls, have long disappeared.
From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine
The rood loft, the oak stalls, and the reredos in the chapel of the Virgin are masterpieces in a similar style.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
Access was generally gained to the rood loft by a newel staircase cut either in the north or south wall of the chancel, and occasionally the staircase existed on both sides.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William
Outside the church, near the top of the wall of a cupola-shaped finial of the rood loft turret is an old sun dial.
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway
Whether or no the setting up of the rood in the rood loft will ever again become customary in the English Church, is a question time alone can solve.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William
