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St Cyprian's Church
is an Anglican parish church in the
Marylebone
district of London, dedicated to
Saint Cyprian
, a third-century
martyr
and bishop of
Carthage
. The church was designed by
Sir Ninian Comper
in a
Perpendicular Gothic
style, and was constructed between 1901 and 1903. The sanctuary, seen here, has a delicate carved and painted
rood screen
and
parclose screens
around an "English altar", i.e. an altar surrounded on three sides by hangings and a painted
dossal
,
riddelposts
with angels, and a painted and gilded
reredos
. The altar is set beneath a gilded
tester
placed high up in the roof.
Photograph credit:
David Iliff
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