Anglo-Norman Dictionary

reredos (1321)

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reredos (1321)

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FEW: dorsum *3,145b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: dos (reredos) DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: reredos n. MED: reredos(e n. DMLBS: retrodorsum 2820a

reredors, reredose, rerdoose, rerdos, rerdose

1domestic archit.decor.wooden panelling attached to a wall and serving as an ornamental backing to a chair or piece of furniture:

( 1452-53 ) Pro le sylorynge =panelling domus rasture et le rerdose ibidem, 14 s. 8 d. reredos n. (etym.)

♦eccl.decor.reredos, ornamental screen or hanging covering the wall behind the altar:

( 1372-73 ) In contr. facta pro le rerdose ad magnum altare in ecclesia [...]14 d. reredos n. (etym.)

( 1392 ) une grande table d'argent [...] assez grant pur le reredors d'un alter 212

2eccl.archit.decor.rood-screen, decorated screen separating the choir or chancel from the nave of a church:

( 1446 ) Novum opus vocatum le Rerdoose, ad ostium chori, se extendit ad .lxix. l. .iiij. s. reredos n. (etym.)

( 1480 ) Et a porta chori vocata le Reredos vsque orientem continet 47 gressus reredos n. (etym.)

3domestic archit. fireback, masonry or plate at the back of an open fireplace:

( 1321 ) la pere qe serra pur l'astre e le reredos des avauntditz chimenees countre le feu 427

( 1407-08 ) pur un dawber par .iiij. jours et dimi a piccher un herth et amender le reredos et enterer un flore 9 Henry IV

( 1415-16 ) [...] de .vj. petitz herthes ové lez reredoses et bordures - .viij. li. .xiij. s. .iiij. d. 3 Henry V

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