rood-beam

Belgian, too, in character is the rood-beam, with its three figures of Our Lord in Crucifixion, of the Virgin, and of St. John; and the striking Renaissance rood-screen in black and white marble, though not as fine as some that are found in other churches.

Beautiful Europe: Belgium Joseph Ernest Morris

St Helen's keeps its old chancel screen, but it is in a mutilated condition, for the rood-beam was taken away to be cut up into bench-ends!

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

On the chancel arch may be seen the gaps left in the stonework where the old wooden screen once stood, also the stone brackets for the rood-beam.

Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes

These received the rood-beam from which, during Lent, the Lenten curtain was suspended.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See Joseph E. Bygate

A very rare possession of this church is 'a portion of a Calvary, and above is an ornamental rood-beam, supported by angels; the Golgotha, carved out of the butts of two trees, is now in the tower, and is hewn and carved to represent rocks bestrewn with skulls and bones; the mortice holes for the crucifix and attendant figures remain. '

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

The rood usually stood on the parapet or front rail of the loft, but sometimes on a rood-beam crossing the church at some height above the loft.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See

In England, also, the rood frequently stood not on or near the screen and loft, but on a separate transverse beam called the rood-beam, which was similarly carved and gilded.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

Worcester cathedral - often indicate the position of the rood-beam before its removal in the sixteenth century.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

D. 1174, notices the rood-beam, which sustained a large crucifix and the images of St. Mary and St. John, as extended across the church between the nave and central tower [168-*].

The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. Matthew Holbeche Bloxam 1846

(thirteenth and fourteenth centuries) is a beautiful Gothic building, famous for its belfry (1510-26) and unique rood-beam.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913