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
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 Walford, Edwin
The church contains a fine chancel screen, with twenty-eight panels of painted saints, which was removed from the church of St. Mary Major.
From Exeter by Haslehust, E. W.
The lectern—or desk, from which the lessons are read, and the faldstool—or Litany desk, may be either just without or within the chancel screen.
From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter
The handsome chancel screen removed from the hall, though large for its place, is of skilled later workmanship; especially rich are the spandrils and ornament on the inner side of the screen.
From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Walford, Edwin
