rood loft
Example Sentences
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The piers at the chancel entrance contain the staircases leading to the roofs and formerly to the rood loft.
From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Frederick W. Woodhouse
There are also remains of a mural painting of St. Christopher on the north wall, and of others on the wall above the rood loft.
From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Edwin Walford
It must not, however, be taken for granted that a rood loft existed in every church.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by William Andrews
“Heraldic emblazonments, and religious emblems, painting and gilding, stained glass, and curiously-wrought metal work, imageries and inscriptions, rood loft and reredos, stone altar and sedilia, metal screenwork, encaustic paving, make up the gorgeous spectacle.”
From Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney
Notice the quaint wooden gallery and the stairs to the rood loft, and also a stoup in good preservation.
From Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End by Edric Holmes
