choir screen
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A screen, typically of wood or stone, that separates the choir of a church from the nave.
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- The medieval choir screen was intricately carved from dark oak.
- Visitors admired the detailed carvings on the choir screen that separates the nave from the chancel.
- Many cathedrals removed their original choir screen during the Reformation to allow for a clearer view of the altar.
- The conservation team is carefully restoring the delicate tracery of the 15th-century choir screen.
- At the top of the choir screen, a rood cross was traditionally placed.
- You can see the magnificent stained glass windows through the openings in the stone choir screen.
- Unlike the wooden one in the neighbouring parish, this church features a massive stone choir screen.
- The guide pointed out the surviving fragments of the original choir screen mounted on the north wall.
- Her lecture focused on the iconographic significance of the figures depicted on the cathedral's choir screen.
- We paused in the nave to look at the impressive choir screen before moving towards the altar.