Beverley Minster An Illustrated Account of Its History And Fabric
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68. Two lions couchant ; left, a hog ; right, a hawk. There are many other interesting details in the carving of the stalls which will repay careful attention. The Altar Screen, or reredos, was erected during the reign of Henry HI. , probably about the year 1330, with a view to secure the services in the ritual choir from interruption by the pilgrims who crowded to the shrine of S. John. On the top is a gallery (approached by a staircase turret), with carvings of . F^thelstan and S. John at the... head of the Percy Tomb, which "would probably contain a diminutive 'pair of organs, ' possibly a rood ; and behind the rood a cell of carved woodwork for the watcher of the shrine. " The eastern face of the screen, of which more will be said hereafter, remains 90 BEVERLEY MINSTER nearly as it was left by those who built it, but the western front has been less fortunate. The design was of two separate stages, each having twenty-four niches or panels. Those on the lower stage had crocketed pediments, while those on the upper one were surmounted with Tabernacle work, and terminated in an open battlement.
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