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A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1875)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 254

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various situations, to enclose the choir, to separate subordinate chapels, to protect tombs, &c. ; that at the west end of the choir, or chancel, was often called the rood-screen , from the rood having been placed over it previous to the Reformation ; they were formed either of wood or stone, and… … chancel Stanton Harcourt, Oxon., c. 1260. Of the j Early English style the existing examples are almost invariably of stone ; some are close walls, more or less ornamented with panelling, arcades, and other deco- rations, and some are close only at the bottom, and have

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