A (usually decorated) screen that separates the choirIn a church with a cruciform floor plan, the part of the church that lies on the side of the nave opposite to the transept. The main altar is in the choir. or chancel from the transeptThe transept forms, as it were, the crossbeam of the cruciform floor plan. The transept consists of two semi transepts, each of which protrudes from the nave on the left and right. and the naveThe rear part of the church which is reserved for the congregation. The nave extends to the transept.. This makes the chancel an enclosed chapel
A small church that is not a parish church. It may be part of a larger entity such as a hospital, school, or an alms-house, or it may stand alone.
An enclosed part of a church with its own altar.
within the church. On the rood screen there is usually a triumphal crossLarge crucifix hanging in the first arch of the choir or chancel. In churches with a rood screen, the triumphal cross usually stands on this. and sometimes an organ.
In Antwerp, St. James’s still has such a rood screen and a little further away, in Lier, St. Gummarus’s church.