Main altar behind wall in Latin Rite?

[ybeayf]

Catholic churches have one main altar – the altar of sacrifice. That “wooden common altar” is the main altar of that church.

Actually, no. It was very common for there to be a low altar in the nave for daily mass for the people, and for there to be a main altar behind the rood screen and the pulpitum, for the benefit of the clergy and monastics who would have sat in choir behind the chancel barrier.

In any event, the use of rood screens seems also uniquely confined to Catholic churches located in anglo-saxon lands of yore.

Also incorrect. Rood-screens and chancel barriers were found throughout northern Europe.

I never denied the existance of rood screens…

Rood-screens are not the only barriers that existed between altar and the nave. There was also such a thing as a pulpitum, which was a wall that was built between the choir and the nave. See here for an excellent picture of one. Here are some more.

 

[Brendan]

Crusader:

However rood screens were not used in any large numbers outside of churches located in the Anglo-Saxon lands – churches that became Protestant in the 16th century.

I would like to see your reference for that.

Rood Screen were quite common throughout Northern Europe. It was only in Britian that they were retained in large numbers past the 13th century. Which is quite different from saying that they didn’t EXIST in large numbers.