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 Scott, C. A. Dawson
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 Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
The decorated oak chancel screen is again a noticeable feature, and its restoration has brought to light the remains of paintings on its lower panels.
From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Walford, Edwin
"Will you kindly tell me the origin of the chancel screen?"
From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter
