A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 218
ces : Jube: Rood; Rood Loft.) ROOD SPIRE. A spire or steeple builtexternally over the intersection of nave andtransepts, because that point marks the entranceto the choir and the position of the rood. Itwas generally of wood, as at Amiens and Paris;but the term is extended to great central… … In carpentry, the term refers to the timberframework by which tlie external surface issupported. This, in sloping roofs, consistsusually of a series of pairs of opposite rafters orcouples, of which the lower ends are tied togetherin various ways to prevent spreading ; or, wherethe span is too great…
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