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
The fine Perpendicular altar screen was also destroyed by the fire.
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)
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
It was hung in the middle of an open arcade—an altar screen no less a grace to the Temple because it might have embattled a fortress.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
Of most noble lines and proportion if it were not for the intruding altar screen in the Jesuit style, which mars the effect, the ensemble were well-nigh perfect.
From Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by Edwards, George Wharton
