10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHOIR-SCREEN»
Discover the use of
choir-screen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
choir-screen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Gothic
Screen: Space, Sculpture, and Community in the ...
Oberwesel, Our Lady, reverse facade of choir screen, 55 Oberwesel, Our Lady,
platform of choir screen, 56 Naumburg Cathedral, platform of west choir screen,
56 Naumburg Cathedral, platform of east choir screen, 56 Meissen Cathedral, ...
2
Façade as Spectacle: Ritual and Ideology at Wells Cathedral
chapter five EUCHARISTIC PRACTICE For the laity the liturgy made the image of
the choir screen not only a sign of heaven but also of Holy Communion. The
deacon read the gospel from the choir screen just before Mass was celebrated,
and ...
Carolyn Marino Malone, 2004
3
Thresholds of the Sacred: Architectural, Art Historical, ...
... F. Bond, Screens and Galleries in English Churches (London, 1908). The
modern Anglophone designation choir screen diverges from this longstanding.
Seeing through Screens: The Gothic Choir Enclosure as Frame Jacqueline E
Jung.
Sharon E. J. Gerstel, 2006
4
History of Art: The Western Tradition
11-51) forms the center of the choir screen; flanking it are statues of the Virgin
and John the Evangelist. Enclosed by a deep, gabled porch, the three figures
frame the opening that links the nave with the sanctuary. Rather than placing the
...
Horst Woldemar Janson, Anthony F. Janson, 2004
5
French Gothic Architecture of the 12th and 13th Centuries
The first mention of the choir-screen of Strasbourg appears in a document of 1
261 ; the screen had probably been made only a few years before. 30. On these
early gables used over the choir entrance in the middle of a choir screen, see: I.
6
Anglo-Norman Durham, 1093-1193
Before proceeding to the reconstruction of this screen and its sculptural
programme, it is essential to clarify the distinction between the better-known choir
screen and the lesser-known rood screen. The choir screen, as its name
suggests, ...
David Rollason, Margaret Harvey, Michael Prestwich, 1998
7
Commemorating the Dead in Late Medieval Strasbourg: The ...
1240, the choir screen was also constructed.” Certainly the choir screen was in
place by 1252, as a document from that year speaks of the location of the city
altar as sub ambone, “under” (that is, in one of the niches of) the choir screen.
Dr Charlotte A Stanford, 2013
8
The Hebrew Bible in Fifteenth-Century Spain: Exegesis, ...
Comparison with a relief of Pharaoh and Moses from the north wall of the choir
screen reveals several features in common: both share a centrally-placed seated
figure holding a diagonally-placed sword; in both this central figure sits below a ...
Jonathan Decter, Arturo Prats, 2012
9
The Gentleman's Magazine
After the well- fought contest for the preservation of the Choir Screen, (so largely
detailed in our last vol.) our readers will be pleased to learn, that this justly-
celebrated Screen is to be preserved in its original position. The second and third
...
10
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle
Mr. Wilkins says, " these varieties are fatal to any hypothesis which seeks to
establish a principle of construction with regard to the position of the choir screen,
and furnish examples of de- parture from constant rule orgeneral practice.
