A (usually decorated) screen that separates the choir or chancel from the transept and the nave. This makes the chancel an enclosed chapel within the church. On the rood screen there is usually a triumphal cross and sometimes an organ.
\nIn Antwerp, St. James’s still has such a rood screen and a little further away, in Lier, St. Gummarus’s church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A (usually decorated) screen that separates the choir or chancel from the transept and the nave. This makes the chancel an enclosed chapel within the church. On the rood screen there is usually a triumphal cross and sometimes an organ. In Antwerp, St. James’s still has such a rood screen and a little further away, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","glossary-cat":[271],"class_list":["post-63837","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-cat-building"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t