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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
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.
Pulpitum
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The pulpitum is a common feature in medieval cathedral and monastic church architecture in Europe. It is a massive screen that divides the choir from the nave and ambulatory. It is usually constructed
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…cathedrals, monastic, and collegiate churches, there were commonly two transverse screens, with a rood screen or rood beam located one bay west of the pulpitum, but this double arrangement nowhere survives complete, and accordingly the preserved pulpita in such churches is sometimes referred to as a rood screen…
The pulpitum in Exeter Cathedral, photographed in the early 20th century. The arches of the pulpitum were opened up in a 19th-century reconstruction;
The pulpitum in Exeter Cathedral, photographed in the early 20th century. The arches of the pulpitum were opened up in a 19th-century reconstruction; originally they were solid.
The pulpitum from St. John's Cathedral ('s-Hertogenbosch) now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The pulpitum from St. John's Cathedral ('s-Hertogenbosch) now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.