Fragment from a Two-Sided Sanctuary Screen, 5th–6th century, Made in Egypt, Bawit, Limestone, H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm), Sculpture, This fragment was probably part of the waist-high screen that separated the congregation (in the nave of the church) from the clergy (in the sanctuary). This side would have faced the congregation and shows birds eating grapes, a symbolic allusion to the Eucharist
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Fragment, Two-Sided Sanctuary Screen, 5th–6th century, Egypt, Bawit, Limestone, H, 12 1/4, 31.1 cm, Sculpture, fragment, part, waist-high screen, separated, congregation, nave, church, clergy, sanctuary, side, faced, birds eating, grapes, symbolic allusion, Eucharist
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