Roodscreens and roodlofts . (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. Sit
Roodscreens and roodlofts . (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. SS. 33 PANELS OF DEVONSHIRE SCREENS 241 habit, with a sword in his head and a processional cross in his hand. Tlie difficulty was to decide if it were meant for St. Tliomas of Canterbury or St. Peter, Martyr. At first we were inclined to the former, but after two visits to study this figure, we came to the conclusion that it was undoubtedly the Dominican Martyr, St. Peter of Verona (ss. 33). Mr. Keyser gives in his list St. Thomas of Canterbury (?). But he did not give sufficient weight to the Dominican habit. The cross is puzzling, as it certainly suggests an Archbishop, but since then we have found other representations of Dominican friars carry-ing a processional cross. It is probably meant for a preaching cross. There is another figure of St. Peter, Martyr, in Devon, at Portlemouth, where he holds a large knife (ss. 34). At Holne, amid the most romantic and beautiful scenery of Dartmoor, is a remarkable screen. Here we find a figure, which is perhaps meant for St. Pancras, and whi
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