Choir screen

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a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles.

See also: Choir

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Already in 1517 the Utrecht Cathedral had ordered a brass choir screen in the Italianate mode with the telling words that all traces of the Gothic were to be avoided; Gossaert was called in to ensure that the design met these specifications.

Jan Gossaert: Die niederlandische Kunst zu Beginn der Neuzeit by Kavaler, Ethan Matt / Renaissance Quarterly

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