Archaeologists in Paris just made an astounding discovery beneath the stone floor of Notre Dame. They were excavating the floor as a precautionary measure before construction workers installed ...

The rood screen at Notre Dame served two purposes, says architectural historian Mathieu Lours. The first was to give priests a platform to read scripture to the public who assembled in the nave.

Officials from St Mark's Church in Lakenham celebrated the 100th anniversary of the rood screen, which was designed by Temple Moore - an artist of national repute, known for his late Gothic ...

By the early Middle Ages, in the West, the rood screen — a wooden screen surmounted by a crucifix — was serving the same purpose as the iconostasis in the East.

Dr Rowan Williams opens a 13th Century church moved piece by piece across Wales and rebuilt in a museum.

AN EXAMINATION of cracked plaster high on a church wall led to the discovery of a spiral staircase that once led to a medieval rood loft. The investigation at the 15th-century St Peter’s, Knowstone, ...

Ruppe said the interior of the church has changed over the years, including the addition of a rood screen. “It was not a part of the original interior,” he said, adding, “It’s an old ...

A vicar has spoken of her disappointment after a church was badly vandalised during the build-up to the Easter weekend. A large crucifix of Jesus on the rood screen at St Giles’ Church in ...

“The rood screen at Notre Dame served two purposes, says architectural historian Mathieu Lours,” per National Geographic.

Rood screens at St Mary's Church in North Elmham have been returned to their former glory, thanks to restoration efforts.

The Rood Screen is made of oak and is richly carved. A Crucifixion scene rises above the Rood Screen, with statues of Our Lady and St John on either side of the cross.

THIEVES have hacked away and stolen two rare 15th-century panels from an oak rood-screen, and badly damaged a third. The attack on Holy Trinity, Torbryan, an isolated church near Newton Abbott, in ...