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Pews and kneelers

Church Architecture

Rows of timber pews have low kneeling boards. Pews and kneelers are customary furnishings, not an architectural requirement of the 1962 Missal.

Key points

Rows of timber pews have low kneeling boards. Pews and kneelers are customary furnishings, not an architectural requirement of the 1962 Missal.
Seats and low kneeling boards facing the sanctuary.

Sources and further reading

Adrian Fortescue, The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described (1919; 1920 impression), chapter I, pp. 1–9 (Second edition 1919, new impression 1920; period manual, predates 1962)

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