Choir screen

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The choir screen (also altar screen in churches without a distinct choir ) separates the parts of the church that are accessible to laypeople from the choir room ( chancel ), which is intended for and reserved for the choir singing of the clergy . Regionally also find the name grain grid because lay there as communion rail , the communion received.

history

Just like its further development, the rood screen at least head- high in use since the early Gothic , the choir screen serves to separate the church space. In the further developed form as an iconostasis , it is still in use in Orthodoxy today.

From the 15th century onwards, the choir screen or rood screen was often replaced by a high, often artistically forged grille and referred to as the choir grille . Preserved medieval choir barriers and grilles can still be found in the Marien , Jakobi and Petrikirche in Stendal.

In the architecture of early medieval church buildings, the choir screen is often designed as a richly decorated parapet.

Choir screen in the early Christian church of San Clemente in Rome, 6. u. 12th Century
Choir screen of the Church of Santa Maria in Valle Porclaneta ( Abruzzo ) (around 1050)
East choir barrier, Bamberg Cathedral
Altar barrier, church in Ylikiiminki , Finland
Choir grid in Warfhuizen