Parclose - A screen enclosing a chapel or shrine and separating it from the main body of the church so as to exclude non -worshippers. Parekklesion - In Byzantine architecture, a chapel, either free-standing or attached.
parclose Screen or railing used to enclose a chantry, tomb or chapel, in a church, and for the space thus enclosed. parget ...
Parclose screen A wooden screen partitioning a section of an aisle as a chapel.
A parclose screen separates a chapel from the rest of the church. A rood screen was placed below a representation of the Crucifixion (called a rood).
A partition (of stone or wood). A rood screen was at the western end of the chancel, below a rood. A 'parclose screen' separated the rest of the church from a chapel. Scriptorium - A place where manuscripts were copied.
See also: Church, Chapel, Screen, Ornament, Timber
 
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