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DIVIDING THE CHANCEL FROM THE REST OF THE CHURCH WOULD BE A WOODEN OR STONE ROOD SCREEN with an opening enabling the priest and the sacred ministers to process up to the sanctuary. The screen also had window-like openings providing a view of the high Altar and sanctuary. At the centre of the Church, above the rood screen there was a group of images with Christ on the cross in the centre, flanked by Our Lady and St John. Illuminated by many lamps or candles, this was the main focus for devotion. (Mid-19th century rood screen, St Birinus, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Photo by Lawrence Lew, OP)