rood loft

American  

noun

1. a gallery above a rood screen, approached from stairs, used for chantings and readings.

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“Heraldic emblazonments, and religious emblems, painting and gilding, stained glass, and curiously-wrought metal work, imageries and inscriptions, rood loft and reredos, stone altar and sedilia, metal screenwork, encaustic paving, make up the gorgeous spectacle.”

From Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney

There are also remains of a mural painting of St. Christopher on the north wall, and of others on the wall above the rood loft.

From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Edwin Walford

Above the anti-choir was the rood loft, in which were kept the reliques, and on which was erected the principal rood or cross, with the figure of the Saviour carved on it. 

From Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations by S. S. Madders

The rood loft was damaged by the Puritans, and probably removed after the Restoration.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by C. H. B. (Charles Henry Bourne) Quennell

This archway seems too wide to have been the entrance to the stairs leading to the rood loft, a use which has been suggested for it.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by G. H. (George Henry) Palmer