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The Rood
Screen is in very good condition, with its original doors, and a total of
twenty paintings by Flemish artists
of the
fifteenth century. The saints depicted. are as follows :-
(from
north to south) St
Agnes with a lamb;
St Helena; St Thomas,
with a spear spear; St
John the
Evangelist; St James the Greater; St Andrew;
St Paul with a sward; and St Peter with his keys.
On the doors: St Gregory, whose face has been obliterated; St Jerome; St
Ambrose; St Augustine.
St Gregory's gloves provided the pattern for the episcopal gloves in Norwich Cathedral.
On south side: St James
the Less; St Bartholomew;
St Philip; St Simon; St
Judo; St Mathew with spectacles and money
box; St Matthias;
and Sir John Schorne,
removing the gout (the horned
imp) from
his foot. The latter.
represents the cures for gout associated with
Sir John's well at
Marston.
See Website Link: Chambers'
Book of Days - Master John Shorne
In 1953
the
screen
was
restored,
as a
result
of
which
the
panels
regained
much
of
their
original
beauty.
Experts detect
the
work
of
three
artists
on the
screen,
1.
the
eight panels
on
the
north side, 2.
the doors
and
the
next two
panels
on
the south, 3. the remaining six. It is thought
probable
that
the same
artists contributed
to the screens
at Worstead
and Aylshan.
Traces
of the beautiful work
on
the
uprights
between
the
panels
can
be
seen
in
places, and
there
are
a few fragments
of glass
which
protected
the
miniature painting on
these
uprights.
From Notes on the History of the Church by
John Kett. |
