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.