A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. sgn, Fenwick, Isabella. ins, Reed, Henry. sgn, Wordsworth Collection · Oxford, J. H. Parker · leaf 335
face of Europe. Rood, ^ohe. A cross or cru-cifix ; the term is more parti- ^cularly applied to the large crosserected in Koman Catholic churchesover the entrance of the chancel,or choir; this is often of verylarge size, and when complete is,like other crucifixes, accompaniedby the figures of St.… … Sherborne, Dorset. Whenne that lie to the kyrke come, To-ifore the rode he knelyd anon, And on hys knees he felle : Reliqu. Antiq. II. 94. Also ahove the height of all upon the wall stood the goodliest and mostfamous rood that was in all this land, with the picture of Mary on one side ofour…
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