4. The 'Cathedral' rood-screen

Now we come to the crux of the matter. The picture above is of St Alban's Abbey, and it shows the front of the nave and the screen (don't be confused by the collegiate-style choir stalls in the foreground; they are modern). As I said before, no wooden 'cathedral' rood screens survive to my knowledge. That at St Albans is of stone, which is why it has survived. However it isn't a 'proper' rood screen, in that it is very solid (no openings to see beyond it), it is as thick as a pulpitum and its two doors on the west side give way to a single door on the east, again like a pulpitum. But it's the only medieval 'rood screen' still in use in a cathedral to my knowledge

Note the two doors flanking a space for a substantial Nave altar, suitable for use at public masses.