Roodscreens and roodlofts . s. 32b Vol. ii—5—(22J9 ) 240 ROODSCREENS AND ROODLOFTS Turning to the main screen at Bradninch, we find the four doctors on the doors of thenorth aisle, and the Annunciation and Visitation on the central doors. Next come some unique figures, the Temptation and Fall of Man,the Expulsion from Paradise, and a figureholding a jaw-bone and standing over a prostratesoldier, which is, of course, meant for follow some figures whose identity it isimpossible to establish, as they have nodistinctive emblems. At Buckland-in-the-Moor there are somecurious grotesque f
Roodscreens and roodlofts . s. 32b Vol. ii—5—(22J9 ) 240 ROODSCREENS AND ROODLOFTS Turning to the main screen at Bradninch, we find the four doctors on the doors of thenorth aisle, and the Annunciation and Visitation on the central doors. Next come some unique figures, the Temptation and Fall of Man,the Expulsion from Paradise, and a figureholding a jaw-bone and standing over a prostratesoldier, which is, of course, meant for follow some figures whose identity it isimpossible to establish, as they have nodistinctive emblems. At Buckland-in-the-Moor there are somecurious grotesque figures painted on the east faceof the screen, as well as some interesting saintson the western side. They are described by under the account of that screen. Thescreen is now (1908) taken down, and is lying inthe workshops of the Misses Pinwill at Plymouthwith a view to its restoration. Unfortunately,the beautiful paintings have suffered verygreatly fromill-treatment. At Hennock,perched on thesummit of analmost. (BR<«oniocH) &cicm(«OA OF &r FRAncib SS. 32c inacces-sible hill, high above the valley of the Teign, is an oldchurch with a screen still beautiful in decay. (It belongedof old to the Abbot and Convent of Torre.) The screenbears a series of charming little figures, very delicatelydrawn, like miniatures in an illuminated are now most cruelly hidden by the steps of amodem pulpit. All were preserved, we may note, bybeing concealed (o jelix culpa !) under the green baize thatlined the high pews which formerly abutted on the screen. Here we find St. Sitha, veiled with a rosary and keys;St. Erasmus, a most gruesome figure, bearing his entrailswound around a windlass; St. Roch showing hisplague-spot, and a very quaint treatment of theAnnunciation. Here, too, is a very interesting figure, which atfirst puzzled us greatly, and of which we also givean illustration. It is a saint clad in the Dominican
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