Painted English Rood Screens: O What was the Glory of Our Lady's Dowry?

My mind has turned today to rood screens, something I have written on in the past here on the NLM. However, for today I am focusing in upon them not from a liturgical level, but simply an artistic level, and specifically, the painting of them with images of the saints. One can only lament how much was lost from the mediaeval, pre-reformation English Church.

(All pictures come via the Norfolk Churches site and are copyright Simon Knott)

Our first images come from the church of St. Catherine in Ludham:

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Our next images come from the church of St. Michael in Barton Turf:


(A delightful little mediaeval English parish church)





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Our final images come from the church of St. Helen in Ranworth:







A few thumbnails:



Our music folks will be interested in this:




These final two show some of the mediaeval vestments: