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Altar rail
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The altar rail is a low barrier, sometimes ornate and usually made of stone, wood or metal in some combination, delimiting the chancel or the sanctuary and altar in a church, from the nave and other p
Altar rails in the center of Apriķu Lutheran Church in Laža Parish, Latvia
Altar rails in the center of Apriķu Lutheran Church in Laža Parish, Latvia
English 17th-century wooden rails at St John's Church, Corby Glen
English 17th-century wooden rails at St John's Church, Corby Glen
Altar railing in Tibble kyrka in Täby, Sweden. Church built in the mid-1970s. An example of the common use of altar railing in newly constructed churc
Altar railing in Tibble kyrka in Täby, Sweden. Church built in the mid-1970s. An example of the common use of altar railing in newly constructed churches in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Sweden.
Altar rails at the Church of St. Nicholas in Compton, Surrey.
Altar rails at the Church of St. Nicholas in Compton, Surrey.
Rood screen
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The rood screen is a common feature in late medieval church architecture. It is typically an ornate partition between the chancel and nave, of more or less open tracery constructed of wood, stone, or
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…three doorways which usually have doors and curtains that can be closed or drawn aside at various times. Barriers demarcating the chancel, such as the rood screen, became increasing elaborate. They were largely swept away after both the Protestant Reformation and then the Counter-Reformation prioritized the…
Rood screen, with loft and modern Crucifixion, at St Carantoc's Church, Crantock, Cornwall.
Rood screen, with loft and modern Crucifixion, at St Carantoc's Church, Crantock, Cornwall.
Crucifixion atop Rood Screen, Anglo-Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)
Crucifixion atop Rood Screen, Anglo-Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)
East end of the 8th-century Roman basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, showing the altar, under a 13th-century ciborium behind a templon scree
East end of the 8th-century Roman basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, showing the altar, under a 13th-century ciborium behind a templon screen of columns. The foreground forms the liturgical choir, surrounded by low cancelli screens, to which are attached two ambos, left and right.
Rood and beam of 1275, but no screen, at Öja Church on the island of Gotland in Sweden, where many exceptional roods have survived.
Rood and beam of 1275, but no screen, at Öja Church on the island of Gotland in Sweden, where many exceptional roods have survived.