Transcriber's Note. Apparent typographical errors, including inconsistent use of hyphens, have been corrected. The author's use of accents has been retained. Italics are indicated by _underscores_ and the use of blackletter font by +signs+. Small capitals have been replaced by full capitals. Any period below a superscript, or that is superscripted itself, has been removed. The plates illustrate many of the screens and rood lofts that are described in the text. They have been moved to the end of appropriate chapters. They each bear the inscription "London Published by C Dolman 61 New Bond Street." There may be some confusion between the cathedrals of Sens and of Senlis, both near Paris. There is an illustration of the screen of the former, but no text; and a paragraph on the latter that mentions an illustration, which is absent. [Frontispiece: A CATHEDRAL SCREEN. A PAROCHIAL SCREEN.] A TREATISE ON CHANCEL SCREENS AND ROOD LOFTS, Their Antiquity, Use, and Symbolic Signification. BY A. WELBY PUGIN, ARCHITECT. ILLUSTRATED WITH FIGURES COPIED ON STONE FROM DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR. NE TRANSGREDIARIS TERMINOS QUOS POSUERUNT PATRES TUI. LONDON: CHARLES DOLMAN, 61, NEW BOND STREET, AND 48A, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1851. PRINTED BY COX (BROTHERS) AND WYMAN, GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S-INN FIELDS. CONTENTS. +Introduction+ 1 +Of the Enclosure of Choirs+ 14 Of the Choir 16 High Altar 16 Jubé or Rood Loft 17 Furniture of the Rood Lofts 18 +On Screens in Italy and Spain+ 22 The Sistine Chapel Screen 24 Quirinal Chapel 25 San Clemente 25 Basilica of St. Nerei and Achille, Rome 26 Santa Croce 27 San Michele 27 San Petronio, Bologna 28 Padua 28 Venice 29