reredos

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• Although St George's had to be wider than it was long, he managed to create a central, square nave flanked by galleried aisles, with an apse containing a magnificent tall reredos to the east.
• Provision had evidently been made by him for keeping relics or treasures here, and, in his time, the back screen, as we now see it, and the reredos, were united together at the top, and covered with heavy stone slabs, so as to make a perfectly secure feretory. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
• Behind the reredos are the chantries of Bishop Waynflete and of the great Cardinal Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
• It has already been mentioned that there are doors on either side of the altar, leading to a kind of gallery or platform behind the reredos; these were designed to allow certain ceremonial compassings of the altar, and it is possible that steps led down from the platform to the ambulatory. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimbourne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings
• The old screen has gone, and the reredos is a restoration; the original stalls were removed as early as Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
• Although St George's had to be wider than it was long, he managed to create a central, square nave flanked by galleried aisles, with an apse containing a magnificent tall reredos to the east.
• It could have been commissioned by a religious house, dedicated to the Virgin, for use as the reredos of a high altar.
• When this structure is ornamented with panels and enriched with niches statues, buttresses, and other decorations, which are often painted with brilliant colours, it is called a "reredos". The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
• Among the main features of the interior are the magnificent rood screen, reredos and font canopy of Frosterley marble.
• The reredos is a magnificent erection, and renders the east end of this cathedral one of the most dignified in the kingdom. The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See