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The Ranworth rood screen at Church of St Helen, Ranworth, Norfolk, is a wooden medieval rood screen that divides the chancel and nave, and was originally designed to act to separate the laity from the clergy. It is described by English Heritage as "one of England's finest painted screens". [1]
The rood screen (also choir screen, chancel screen, or jubé) is a common feature in late medieval church architecture. It is typically an ornate partition between the chancel and nave , of more or less open tracery constructed of wood, stone, or wrought iron .
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The Twelve Apostles are represented in painted panels on the rood screen itself, with a total of 26 saints and bishops shown in panels elsewhere in the church. Pevsner dates them to the 1470s or 1480s and describes their "superb quality". [3] St Helen's remains a functioning church [5] in the parish of Ranworth with Panxworth. [6]
The dip in the life expectancy for white, non-Hispanic women in the U.S. was small but very significant, the CDC says.
The average life expectancy in the U.S. is 77.5 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But Americans outlive their health spans by 12.4 years, the study found.
The 16th-century Church of St Helen, known as 'the Cathedral of the Broads', [1] has a fine 15th century painted rood screen and a rare Antiphoner. It is a Grade I listed building. [2] From the top of Ranworth church's 100-foot (30 m) tower one can see many of the broads and rivers, as well as the Happisburgh lighthouse.