Rood

Hanging rood with no rood screen but with Mary (left) and John as attendant figures[clarification needed] – in Lye Church on the island of Gotland in Sweden
Rood screen and rood in the abbey church of Wechselburg in Saxony

A rood or rood cross, sometimes known as a triumphal cross,[1] is a cross or crucifix, especially the large crucifix set above the entrance to the chancel of a medieval church.[2] Alternatively, it is a large sculpture or painting of the crucifixion of Jesus.

  1. ^ Gothic Sculpture, 1140-1300 by Paul Williamson (1998). Retrieved 26 Oct 2014.
  2. ^ Curl, James Stevens (2006). Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2nd ed., OUP, p. 658. ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9.