ICONOSTASIS

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ICONOSTASIS , the screen in a

Greek

GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

church

which divides the altar and sanctuary from the rest of the

church

. It is generally attached to the first eastern pier or column and rises to the level of the springing of the vault. The iconostasis or image-bearer has generally three doors, one on each side of the central

door

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the
English
- ENGLISH
word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

, beyond which is the

principal

PRINCIPAL

altar. The screen is sub-divided into four or five tiers, each tier decorated with a

series

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

of panels containing representations of the saints: of these
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only the heads, hands and feet are painted, the bodies being covered with embossed metal

work

WORK

, richly gilded. There is a fine example in the Russo-

Greek

GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

chapel, Welbeck

Street

STREET
STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

, London, which was rebuilt in 1864-1865.

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