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He also helped conserve the centuries-old reredos at the local church, where many children come back for traditional Christmas and Easter prayers – giving hope that younger generations will learn to be attached to their church. Dust to dust? New Mexicans fight to save old adobe churches 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z
To prepare for the abatement, all open surfaces in the church must be covered, including the pipe organ on the balcony and the high altar, or reredos, which holds the tabernacle. Texarkana century-old church restoration nearly complete 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z
He blends piety and passion in the most mystically amorous fashion; with the cantando expressivo in D, begins some lovely music, secular in spirit, mayhap intended by its creator for reredos and pyx. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z
The retablo of the High Altar is in character, articulate and graceful, unlike the usual, overladen reredos of Spain. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z
The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
This Choir-screen formed a sort of reredos to the two altars, which were invariably found in this position in the churches of the Order. Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History 2012-02-29T03:00:24.937Z
On this reredos Christ appears in glory, as the ascended High Priest of His Church, interceding for His people. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z
The royal gift, which has, it is said, cost about �300, was displayed upon the table next the reredos for the first time on April 1st. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z
A great, high, solid ornament rested over the reredos, looking like a papal tiara resplendent with gems. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z
There is an elaborately sculptured reredos over the altar. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z
The reredos of jasper and bronze is painted by Antonio Palomino, and flanks a sumptuous and beautifully moulded tabernacle. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z
The reredos consists of five spandrels surmounted by gables, and is made of alabaster, lavishly gilt and bejewelled, inlaid with mosaic. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z
William of Wykeham found it necessary for the protection of the sculpture in the Chapel reredos to make a Statute against dancing or jumping in the Chapel or adjoining Hall. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z
Behind the altar is an elaborately carved wooden reredos of modern work, richly painted and gilt. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z
A similar arrangement can still be seen in Westminster Abbey, where the shrine of Edward the Confessor stands behind the reredos. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z
There are some very interesting objects in the Sacristy, as it is called, between the reredos and the hind wall of the chancel. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z
On the retable at the foot of the reredos, stand two massive candlesticks of silver gilt. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z
The modern stall work, the reredos, the choir pavement of tiles, rich marbles and porphyries, the stained glass and the sculptured pulpits in choir and nave are meritorious. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z
In the lower tier the three central subjects are hidden by the reredos erected in recent years over the altar. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z
There were gates across the choir aisles in a line with the reredos, and these are marked in the plan of the cathedral published somewhere about 1720. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z
Within the Cathedral two shells that had fallen through the roof had wrought havoc with the beautiful reredos and the choir-stalls, many of the fine windows being also wrecked by the explosions. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z
The "pictures in stone" were doubtless the alabaster images of the reredos, fragments of which are still preserved in the church, exquisite in modelling and colour. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z
In a chapel to the right of the choir is a fine modern reredos, and throughout there are many paintings of acceptable, if not great, worth. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z
On the top of the six uprights that form the vertical divisions of the reredos, angels stand with clasped hands. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z
It was part of the scheme that all the materials for the reredos should come from the diocese, and with the exception of the green malachite, this idea has been carried out. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z
A closer view exculpates the reredos, for it turns out that the window is placed so unusually high in the wall that none of it is concealed by the great altar. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z
The screen and reredos, the pillars, the arches of naves, and the north and south arches of the choir belong to the Norman period. Cathedral Cities of England
The church is otherwise remarkable for its reredos and iron work. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"
The reredos was an Arundel print of the Last Supper and on corner brackets on either side were statues of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Victories. Sinister Street, vol. 1
The light screen and the low reredos have the very opposite effect; and it may be prophesied that the days of their admiration are rapidly coming to an end. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z
The rood loft, the oak stalls, and the reredos in the chapel of the Virgin are masterpieces in a similar style. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John"
A new stall, a reredos, the choir repaved, rich marbles and porphyries used, and stained glass put up mainly by Clayton and Bell, were the chief items of restoration. Cathedral Cities of England
There was a large, white curtain hung back of the altar as a sort of reredos. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898
All that night the great Abbey of Montblanch, with its garniture of stall and chapel, carven reredos and painted picture, went blazing up to the skies. The Firebrand
Sir Gilbert Scott is said to have been anxious not to remove the reredos, partly, perhaps, on account of the glass behind, which was known to be plain. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z
A good Gothic font, the carved work of the hoods of the north and south doorways, and a handsome modern reredos and other portions of the chancel can here be mentioned only. Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield
When erecting the reredos Scott could never have foreseen the little storm it gave rise to, just when he was half-way through with the general renovation. Cathedral Cities of England
We entered this edifice and noted the reredos back of the high altar, emblazoned with the arms of St. Louis and the record of his virtues. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898
The splendid reredos glittering with gold, mosaic, and jewels, blazes above the altar of carved cedar from Lebanon. The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History
The reredos, of Staffordshire alabaster, replacing one the existence of which at the east end is clearly indicated, is of a very uncommon design, by Mr C. E. Kempe. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z
It consists of a high-tomb, with pillars at the angles, the cover-stone of slate finely carved, and a reredos of exquisite Elizabethan design. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West
A great feature is the magnificent reredos behind the altar. Cathedral Cities of England
Five niches, now empty of their figures, form the reredos; their sumptuous pedestals and canopies are in excellent condition. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
This screen on the western side has been beautified and restored, and forms the reredos to the altar. The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History
The space behind the reredos, with the corresponding bays of the aisles, were in the past called the lady choir. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z
A large number of shrines are shewn, ranged in semi-circles behind the reredos. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894
Behind this reredos there is a second stone screen, which enclosed the small chapel in which stood the magnificent gold shrine studded with jewels. Cathedral Cities of England
Mr Freeman wisely pointed out the need of a respectable reredos, remarking that the original founders never dreamed of the Lady Chapel acting as a "peep-show to the choir." Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
In the Church of England we sometimes find it in reredoses and stained glass. The Church Handy Dictionary
However, tastes differ, and this reredos has its admirers. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z
On either side of the altar there is a door, as in our reredos at St. Paul’s. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894
The dossal is used where there is no reredos and usually is of the Church color for the Festival or Season. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
After a while, a reredos was offered to the church, and approved by Mr J.D. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
The reredos is centered upon a Palladian window, included as an element of the design. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria
The reredos has purposely been kept very low, so that the view of the glass in the Lady Chapel may be intercepted as little as possible. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z
The altar is shewn as deeply recessed into a structural reredos. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894
Retable.—A shelf at the back of the Altar, usually fastened to the reredos, on which are placed the Altar cross, the vases for flowers, and the candlesticks. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Till an architect is found capable of mastering so delicate a problem of proportion as such a reredos must present, we may well be content with a larger and brighter curtain. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
The reredos, or the screen curtain behind the altar, should be made available for enhancing its effect, as well as for enlarging the area of textile coloured decoration. Needlework As Art
Mr. Benson Brown is an energetic worker, has restored his church, adding a carved reredos of oak, a handsome lectern, and filling the east window with good stained glass.  A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time
The reredos forms no part of the altar, and is often highly enriched with niches, buttresses, pinnacles, and other ornaments. Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them
Gradine.—A name sometimes given to the shelf at the back of the Altar and attached to the wall or reredos, upon which are placed the candlesticks, flowers and other ornaments. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
A larger reredos would further enhance the peculiar charm of the east end. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
Dr. Rock also quotes the reredos belonging to the Vintners’ Company, representing St. Martin sharing his cloak with a beggar. Needlework As Art
The east wall, up to the height of the reredos, is faced with alabaster. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time
It is interesting to note that the open fire-hearth, once used in domestic halls, was also called a "reredos." Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them
Behind the reredos a platform extends a short distance into this chapel at a height of six feet above the floor. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel
There can, indeed, be little doubt that the ancient reredos was of tabernacle work, so as to carry on the effect of niches of the triforium storey. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
More important than the reredos in the art history of the country are some other changes made by Dom Jorge, which show that the Frenchmen working at Santa Cruz were soon employed elsewhere. Portuguese Architecture
A carved wooden reredos has recently been presented by Col. and Mrs. Stack.  A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time
And what are your belfries and spires and chimes, your altars and reredoses and such like, but the sanctified flounces of your churches. The Book of Khalid
The choir is short and hexagonal, being only sixty-six feet from the reredos, and is surrounded by a number of polygonal chapels, as at Westminster Abbey, with which it appears quite similar in plan. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel
The reredos, for such it really is, is a most elaborate and charming piece of work; "pretty" is perhaps the word that describes it best, if "pretty" be taken in its very best sense. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
The first two are gone, but if they were as unlike Italian work as is the reredos, one may be sure215 that they were not by him. Portuguese Architecture
I should have had a day's work well cut out, if I had not had this summons to town; but the reredos question is of the first importance, you know.” Phoebe, Junior
The Lady Chapel is vaulted like the choir, from which it is an eastern extension, and has a superb reredos dating from the time of Henry VI. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch
Inside I found an extremely rich polychromed Renaissance "reredos," and there was also the somewhat remarkable tomb of "Claude Talon," kept in good order and repair. Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders
I might not: she was cleaning the reredos. Highways and Byways in Surrey
The great reredos covers the whole east wall with two stories of coupled columns, niches and painted panels. Portuguese Architecture
I am obliged to go off to town on urgent business—convocation work; and I must get a lawyer's opinion about the reredos question; there is not a moment to lose. Phoebe, Junior
Taken altogether, this church, with its splendid windows and richly-wrought reredos and screens, is one of the most pleasing modern churches in the country, both with regard to its architecture and its delightful situation. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch
Before long, we found a gilder who could adorn the reredos. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak
Might not one who wished to write about the church enter while she was cleaning the reredos? Highways and Byways in Surrey
There still hang on the wall of the sacristy two or three201 pictures which may have formed part of this reredos. Portuguese Architecture
The fine church of St James contains an early font with Norman carving, a rich Norman doorway, a painted reredos, and a beautiful old roodstone in good preservation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
To the fourteenth century belong the massive stone rood-screen, and the reredos. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch
At one end, taking up the entire wall, is a reredos by Pedro Roldan, of which the centrepiece is an elaborate 'Deposition in the Tomb,' with numerous figures coloured to the life. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia
It was lighted, not only by the fire that burned in the reredos at the northern wall, but also by eight cresset-lamps and as many candles set in huge silver candelabra on the center table. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution
The most important of these spoils is the silver-gilt reredos taken in the Spanish king's travelling chapel. Portuguese Architecture
The adornment, furnishings, ornaments, sacred vessels, altars, and reredoses correspond to the reality of the name. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
The reredos, an arcading of slender arches each enclosing a trefoiled arch impaling a trefoil, is a restoration of the original Decorated work. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric
The Duchess arrived for Sunday's mass, celebrated with great magnificence in the Renaissance chapel, where V�drine's versatility had restored both the fine stained glass and the wonderful carving of the reredos. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877
On the altar bloomed a variety of cut flowers, arranged in an artistic and fanciful manner on the steps of the reredos amidst a great profusion of white unlighted candles. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution
As at Caminha, the nave roof is of Moorish design, but of even greater interest are the reredos and the choir-stalls. Portuguese Architecture
This reredos was unveiled with much pomp and ceremony in 1873, and recently has been profusely gilded. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
At the west end of the crypt is preserved Blore’s reredos. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric
The reredos, a handsome piece of wood carving with a central group of the pelican in her piety, typical of Christ giving His life's blood for fainting souls, is the work of Grinling Gibbons. The Strand District The Fascination of London
The Apse.—Although the side aisles require no particular mention, unless it be of certain relics from Jerusalem in the south aisle, the iron gates leading to the reredos are well worthy of attention. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch
The whole surface has been covered with exquisite arabesques like those below the reredoses in the cloister at Santa Cruz, but they have now almost entirely perished. Portuguese Architecture
The commonplace and heavy-topped gas standards mar the effect, such as it is, of the ornate work of the reredos. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
The work seems to have lasted four years, and apparently included a carved wooden reredos. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric
The reredos, one of the fittings provided by Dr. and Mrs. Griffith, and designed by Scott, projects beyond the altar-table on each side in a way that is unusual and not altogether pleasing. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
The plan consists of the great piers and chancel arch, three arches, other great piers which support the triumphal or reredos arch and are pierced for doorways, and finally the apse. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch
This same extravagance of gilding and of carving also overtook altar and reredos. Portuguese Architecture
Of Abbot Horton's reredos, which was destroyed at the Reformation, only fragments remain. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
But objections having been raised on historic or archæologic grounds, the pictorial reredos was abandoned in favour of the present stone altar table. Overbeck
None had been brought over for many years, till a correspondence was opened with the people at the quarries, and blocks bought for the reredos and font.  Old Times at Otterbourne
The side aisles do not extend beyond the reredos arch. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch
Like most Flemish productions, the reredos is wanting in grace. Portuguese Architecture
In the Presbytery, or space between the reredos and the choir, there are some very splendid old tiles; many of them fragments only, but enough to indicate the original beauty of the pavement. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
The choir stalls, carved to illustrate the Benedicite, the pulpit, and the reredos are all modern, having been erected from designs by Sir Gilbert Scott. Exeter
These used to hang at right angles to the reredos, and close to the altar ends. Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See
The ironwork of the gates, both at the west end of the aisles and in the doorways of the reredos arch, is part of Tijou's work, restored and replaced as occasion arose. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch
There is nothing in the document to show whether these are the three great pieces of sculpture in the cloisters each of which must once have been meant for a reredos. Portuguese Architecture
These latter will be seen in plenty in Great Malvern Priory, where they have been rescued from the pavement, and inserted in the outside wall of the back of the reredos. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
The chapel possesses in its reredos a work of art which is one of the chief goals of the sightseer in Oxford. Oxford
The reredos must not be confused with the great altar screen: it was quite small, and was immediately at the back of the altar itself. Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See
The Reredos.—Advantage has been taken of the space between the great eastern piers to bring forward the altar and crown it with a lofty reredos. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch
If the stalls at Santa Cruz are the only examples of this period still left on the mainland, the S� Velha possesses the only great mediæval reredos. Portuguese Architecture
Traces of colour are to be seen in the reredos and the roof over it. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
Easier, perhaps, to imagine him thus than in the garb of a Christian warrior, as he stands in one of the niches of the Chapel reredos. Oxford
There is also a rich reredos under the east window.  The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account
There remain, then, the three bays, the reredos arch, and the apse; and we will take these in their order. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch
Once part of the cathedral reredos, it was taken down when the new Capella Mor was built in the eighteenth century. Portuguese Architecture
There are traces of two reredoses here, both of which show traces of colour. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
The "Regina Cœli" of the Flemish musician Lasso has the same good faith, the same simple and strange attraction, as certain statues of a reredos, or religious pictures of the elder Breughel. En Route
In a church which is furnish'd with mullion and gable, With altar and reredos, with gargoyle and groin, The penitents' dresses are sealskin and sable, The odour of sanctity's eau-de-Cologne. The Book of Humorous Verse
The original pavement of Purbeck, Welsh, and Torbay marble remains throughout the building, excepting where the new reredos has necessitated certain alterations. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch
Now the walls are bare and white, but were once covered with frescoes of the fifteenth century; the reredos is a clumsy addition of the eighteenth century. Portuguese Architecture
Older stonework has been used to make the newer reredos, and has been merely reversed. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
He removed the original reredos behind the high altar and the screen before the Lady Chapel, so that both, with the low eastern aisle, were thrown into the choir. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum
In the Lutheran churches, though the Mass was gone, reredos and crucifix remained untouched. History of the English People, Volume IV
“Nothing can be more elegant than the reredos which our excellent vicar has erected at his own expense,” she wrote. Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times
This reredos is three divisions in height and five in width—each division, except the two lower in the centre where there is a niche for the image of the Virgin, containing a large picture. Portuguese Architecture
The reredos, though a ruin, has a charm all its own, and it is better to leave it frankly as it is now than to partly hide it. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
The altar rails are of brass, the grills of wrought iron, at each side of the reredos screen the choir partially from the Lady Chapel. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum
On the north side is part of a fourteenth-century reredos, probably that which stood behind the high altar. Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of Ss. Mary & Ethelfleda
The easternmost arch is somewhat stilted; the bare wall thus left exposed having originally been concealed by the reredos, or at any rate decorated in some way. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire
Between us and the saint's feretory is a fifteenth-century screen, which is faced on this side by a modern reredos, designed by Sir G. Scott. Westminster Abbey
Bishop Benson covered the reredos with stucco, and put up a huge gold sun in front of it. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
The modern colouring of this part of the building, including the low eastern aisle immediately behind the reredos, is claimed to be an exact restoration of the original, but it is hardly agreeable. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum
Taking the place of a reredos, is a carving of the Crucifixion of unmistakable pre-Conquest character, its probable date is about 1030. Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of Ss. Mary & Ethelfleda
At Gloucester the apsidal formation has been destroyed, traces only of it being left under the present reredos, but there the actual removal of Norman work stopped. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire
The reredos is lined by beautiful glass mosaics, and the semi-dome is mosaic work to match. Westminster The Fascination of London
The reredos should be closely examined, as it retains many of its original features—viz. statuettes, traces of painting on the shields above, and a very good piscina. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
The reredos is a representation of the four evangelists in mosaic work in four panels, enclosed in a Gothic canopy of marble. The Kensington District The Fascination of London
The lower part of the wall is curtained, with a small canopy over the altar, containing an oil painting of the Virgin and Child as an appropriate form of reredos. Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less
It contains a very fine marble pulpit, and a fresco reredos, enclosed in a heavy stone setting. Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London
Was the alteration made in connection with the insertion of a grander reredos than had been at first provided? Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See
The reredos is so large that it occupies the whole of the space between the choir piers, and, being constructed of a very white stone, is the prominent feature of the choir. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
The church ends in an apse, and has a massive stone reredos set with coloured panels representing the saints. The Kensington District The Fascination of London
The reredos painting is in the early Florentine style, and represents the Resurrection. Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London
The roof is groined, and the chancel-screen, pulpit, walls of the chancel, and the reredos are all stonework, with niches fitted with stone figures. Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London
The reredos is the first example in modern cathedral work of the elaborate style of decoration for the most holy part of the sanctuary, which is now not uncommon. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See
The "Holy Hole" has been used as a receptacle for fragments of various kinds since the end of the fifteenth century, before which it was visible from the choir, for no reredos intercepted the view. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
The principal church contains a fine Renaissance reredos in marble. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
The Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury in Rylston Road is Roman Catholic, and was designed by Pugin, who also designed the altars and reredos of the minor chapels in it. Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London
The chantry altar reredos is more frequently remaining, even where the altar and alabaster table193-* above have been destroyed; rarely, however, in a perfect state. The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed.
These elaborate contrivances correspond to the reredos in Western churches, only with this important difference, that they are not behind the holy place but in front of it. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
The work of Fox, whose chapel is behind the reredos to the south, began in 1510, and was carried out under early Renaissance influence. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
The east wall of the presbytery contains no window, but is occupied by a beautiful stone reredos carved with a representation of the tree of Jesse. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings
Behind the altar at present stands a reredos of carved wood with a representation of the Crucifixion. Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London
No doubt against these piers altars used to stand, and these frescoes served, as we should say, as painted reredoses or altarpieces. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey
At the back of the reredos is a brass to Mr. Bailey, M.P. for the county, whose bust formerly stood here, but was removed to a more fitting position in the county hall. Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
This elevation, of course, much enhances the imposing effect of the altar and reredos as seen from the lower plane. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
The outer compartments of the lowest tier contain doors leading to a platform behind the reredos; between them stands an oak altar, the gift of A. N. Welby Pugin in 1831. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings
The reredos, designed by Street, with reliefs by Tinworth, is made of terra-cotta and wood, and is not successful either in colour or pattern. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See
The reredos, alabaster and mosaic, has a fine crucifixion group, with SS. Hertfordshire
Above the reredos a broad spandrel left by two pointed arches springing from a central pier fills the upper part of the Norman arch. Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
It is curious to note an attempt, during the rage for pseudo-classic architecture in the last century, to beautify the reredos by placing sham funeral urns in its niches. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
This reredos is apparently of late Decorated date, and therefore earlier than the fifteenth-century choir. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings
The shrine was probably placed behind the high altar, and afterwards between the reredos and the eastern screen, as at Durham and St. Albans. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See
Note the beautifully carved open screen between chapel and chancel, and the reredos, partly of marble, erected in 1877. Hertfordshire
The reredos is in Bath stone and marble, and was designed by Mr. Cottingham, junior, as a memorial to Mr. Joseph Bailey, 1850, who represented the county for several years in Parliament. Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
On the reredos as a whole, one authority has said that "no description could do justice to the beauty and effect of the whole work." Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
The Lady Chapel is very beautiful Perpendicular work; it had its own altar and reredos under the east window. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings
This is a gold altar piece or reredos, about eleven feet long and seven feet high, richly wrought in the Byzantine style, and set with enamels and precious stones. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance
There are several memorial windows, of only local interest; but the pulpit and reredos are both good, the former showing the four Evangelists in canopied recesses. Hertfordshire
The Lady Chapel, the part of the choir to the east of the reredos, was very important in pre-Reformation days when the cult of the Virgin was very popular. Life in a Mediæval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century
The Feretory, where the feretra or shrines of the saints were placed, lies behind the high altar and reredos, and the two doors in the latter give access to it. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
The reredos is much mutilated, but besides the part that is still attached to the wall, there are many loose fragments now set up on the altar. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings
Small altars, with carved reredos and frontals, were very popular, both for church and closet. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance
Note the carved oak seventeenth century reredos, occupying the whole of the E. end of the chapel. Hertfordshire
The relief of angels for the reredos of Saint Thomas's Church is the earliest important work which shows his personal manner. Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects
The altar is surmounted by a small reredos in a sunk panel, now unoccupied, crowned by a band of angels bearing emblems of the Passion. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
The silver frontal, certainly the finest in Italy, with its wings and reredos 401of silver and enamel, was removed from the high altar in 1786. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition
A little fire burned against the reredos, for cheerfulness rather than warmth, and the spring sunshine flowed in through the clear-glass windows, bright and genial. Come Rack! Come Rope!
The original chapel, with the exception of the beautiful fan-groining of its roof, was much defaced in the seventeenth century, but was restored in the nineteenth, when a new reredos was added. Winchester
It held off until they had reached Chilcombe chapel, entered the little place of prayer and stood together before the ancient reredos. The Spinners
He figures on the reredos as restored in accordance with the original design. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
If the reredos is not so fine, it is perhaps only 352that with so splendid a work before us we are content only with the best of all. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition
In the midst of the floor stood the reredos with the fire against it, and a round vent overhead in the roof through which went the smoke and came the rain. Come Rack! Come Rope!
If I'd only known when I was in Sienna this spring that I was coming here, I should certainly have bought a superb reredos that was offered to me comparatively cheap. The Altar Steps
Then they examined the medieval treasure of the reredos—a panel of cedar wood, some ten feet in length, that surmounted the altar. The Spinners
During his episcopacy, the cathedral received some questionable adornments, including the "Grecian" urns in the niches of the reredos, now fortunately removed. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
They stood before a wonderful coloured alabaster reredos of the fourteenth century, in which shepherds and kings and beasts came to worship at the manger. Simon Called Peter
The altar, as also the statues of Joseph and Mary, had a reredos handsomely carved. White Shadows in the South Seas
However, perhaps it would be wiser to wait till we finish the Abbey Church before we decide on the reredos. The Altar Steps
In the place of the reredos and Communion table there will be erected the large altar of which the ritual speaks, with the steps leading up to it from the floor. Lord of the World
The old screen has gone, and the reredos is a restoration; the original stalls were removed as early as 1681. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
At Santa Barbara all that remains of the old decorations are found in the reredos, the marbleizing of the engaged columns on each wall and the entrance and side arches. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
A carved reredos, oak panelling and seats, and a marble pavement have been fitted in the Sanctuary. The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
In the chapter on Chichester in Winkles's "Cathedrals" a view in the "presbytery," dated 1836,13 shows the reredos still in its place where it remained till after the fall of the spire. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See
The modern ornate reredos shows with great effect against the curious arrangement of iron grill and bare brick which forms the screen wall. Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End
The fragments of an elaborately carved reredos which the building once possessed are now in Taunton Museum. Somerset
At San Juan Bautista the old reredos remains, though the altar is new. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
In Winchester Cathedral is a screen, on the exterior of Lichfield Cathedral a number of figures, and in the Cathedral of Edinburgh a reredos, all the work of this artist. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.
The carved and painted reredos is of stone. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See
The reredos was built by Cardinal Beaufort in the fifteenth century, and the Lady Chapel was added about the same time. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association
There is a small ancient screen and a modern reredos. Somerset
The carved reredos was designed and worked by Canon Pleydell-Bouverie, who also made the communion rails from some timbers of the San Josef, a ship taken by Nelson at the battle of Cape St. Vincent. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
In 1860 the reredos was erected, the subjects of the panels being the sacrifices of Abel, Noah, Melchisedec, and Abraham, and the Last Supper. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains
The feretory no doubt had a reredos at this point, but what the type of this earlier arrangement may have been it is impossible exactly to tell. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See
The reredos and its surroundings are like every other. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories
"The old screen is beautiful—and who on earth has done all that carving of the pulpit—and the reredos?" The Case of Richard Meynell
It is on the south side of the reredos, Gardiner's being on the north. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
And haven't you wanted to kick the minister out of the pulpit, through the reredos and into the middle of next week? The Delicious Vice
The early reredos appears still in its place, but the upper portion of it is gone. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See
What is chiefly remarkable here is the carved oak of the reredoses and pulpit. Two Summers in Guyenne
The church is beautifully kept, and contains some very interesting old reredoses and altars with carving in alabaster. Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884
The beautiful stone reredos is at present empty of figures. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
He became a constant guest at the castle, and Lady Montfort presented his church with a reredos of alabaster. Endymion
The removal of the gallery above the old fifteenth-century reredos in 1829 was the beginning of a serious attempt to repair, restore, and reanimate the fabric. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See
I'll give the church a solid gold reredos or contribute any sum to any alms—" "Please go. We Can't Have Everything
The new "reredos," or altar screen, is one marvelous crystallization of sculptures. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1
The late peer was the donor of the beautiful modern reredos, and the decoration of the chancel is due to him. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
We have put up a reredos in our chapel at Bradley. Endymion
The reredos, the stalls of the canons, as well as the walls, were rich with colour. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See
The wooden reredos behind the altar, and other wooden carvings, seemed especially good, but the curé, jingling a bunch of keys, preceded by an abbé, seemed anxious to see us depart; so we prematurely left. Twixt France and Spain
Shall we disestablish the church? or tolerate a reredos in St. Paul's? Without Prejudice
The screen of brass leading to the choir, the greater part of the stalls, and the high altar and reredos, are seen to be modern. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
The reredos is alabaster, I believe, and we had nobody fit to undertake that. Beechcroft at Rockstone
The old wall arcade is now again used as part of the reredos. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See
We went to the chapel, with its noble classical woodwork, the great carved panels, the angels' heads, the huge, stately reredos. The Altar Fire
The four main panels, however, are genuine work of the early fifteenth century, the reredos as a whole having been begun by Hubert, and finished by Jan van Eyck in 1432. Beautiful Europe: Belgium
At the end of the south choir aisle, forming a reredos to the side altar, an ancient Saxon Rood will be seen; the Figure is sculptured in an archaic Byzantine style. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
They turned and looked in at the pillared aisles, stained glass, and handsome reredos. Nuttie's Father
The "glory" which was added to the reredos during the eighteenth century appears just above the altar. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See
In a church which is furnished with mullion and gable, With altar and reredos, with gargoyle and groin, The penitents' dresses are sealskin and sable, The odor of sanctity's eau-de-cologne. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4
What other altars ever had such a reredos? Where the Blue Begins
When these were removed an ancient painted reredos was found behind them. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
There is one which shows the Arundel screen still in its original position with the organ above it; and in another the complete design of the back of the reredos appears. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See
The two small pointed windows below it are built up, as now the apartment they once lighted is a lumber-room, where the remnants of the old reredos are stored. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See
The old reredos, that quiet and beautiful witness of things so sacred and some so profane, was torn away. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See
Beyond the space at the back of the reredos is the Early English Lady Chapel with an interesting series of wall paintings depicting the story of our Lady. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
The magnificent reredos was erected by Cardinal Beaufort; it is, of course, restored. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
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