Illustrated Architecture Dictionary .......... Illustrated Churches Glossary

Reredos
REAR dawss, REAR i dawss, RERE i dawss

An ornamental screen or facing on the wall at the back of an altar.

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Examples from Buffalo:

• Illustration above: St. Ann's RC Church
  
  
• Corpus Christi
  
  
• Blessed Trinity RC Church
  
  
• Calvary Episcopal Church, Williamsville, NY

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