rood loft
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“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 Sidney, Samuel
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 Walford, Edwin
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
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
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 Woodhouse, Frederick W.
