What is Leper window?
[[File:Lepers' Window - Ffenestr y Gwahanglwyfusion, Eglwys Beuno Sant - geograph.org.uk - 634588.jpg|thumb|300px|Leper's window in Wales]] A '''leper window''' was a [[window]] built low in the [[chancel]] wall of some [[medieval]] [[church]]es. It was usually [[iron]] barred and [[shutter]]ed. [[leprosy|Lepers]] stood outside and watched [[Mass]] through this window. == References == * Broderick, R. C. ''The Catholic Concise Encyclopedia''. 1952. Simon & Schuster. p. 222. * [http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=34562 Dictionary: Leper window] [[Category:Church architecture]] [[Category:Windows (architecture)]] {{stub}}