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Bishop Fox in 1520, in the magnificent altar-screen, which through all its mutilations has borne witness to his work in his favourite device of the "Pelican in her piety," and the humorous allusion to his name, in the figure of a man chasing a fox, among its sculptured ornaments.

Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See George Worley

His body now lies at rest in the family vault in the south-east corner outside his work, and he is commemorated in a window within, as well as in a marble tablet behind the altar-screen.

Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See George Worley

We look at the great east window, it is unadorned with its wonted painted glass; we look at the altar-screen beneath, on which the light of day again falls, and behold the injuries it has received at the hands of time.

Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met William Wells Brown

We ought not to forget the altar-screen which has lately been restored under Mr. Gwilt's superintendence.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 364, April 4, 1829 Various

Behind the new altar-screen, beneath a large and costly slab of

Ely Cathedral Anonymous

As if by magic, everyone has lighted his or her taper, and looks anxiously towards the altar-screen, where preparations are being made by the priests to go to Joseph of Arimathea's garden, as the disciples and women did of old to visit the tomb where Christ was buried.

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

Resuming the description of the above altar-screen, we find next in range below the entombment

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

At the back of the altar-screen of the church [4] are some tracery compartments, probably, according to Mr. Bray, once affording through them a view of this chapel.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832 Various

The unsurpassed malachite pillars combine in the grand altar-screen with columns of lapis-lazuli: the latter are said to have cost per pair £12,000 sterling.

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

This occupies the space of the two eastern bays of the Cathedral, allowing a passage behind the altar-screen from one aisle to the other, and affords a good position for a closer inspection of the lower portions of the east window, under which are some remains of ancient decoration on the wall.

Ely Cathedral Anonymous