Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

ROOF See HOUSE. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Roof (, , Mat 8:8; , Act 10:9). The roofs of dwelling houses in the entire East, because of the generally dry weather, are made flat and are surrounded with a guard or railing (; , See Deu 22:8, where the parapet is insisted on, and … Continue reading “Roof”

Rood Steps the steps into a choir or chancel, commonly found under or immediately before the roodscreen. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Rood-Steeple, Or Rood-Tower This name is sometimes applied to the tower built over the intersection of a cruciform church. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

rood stairs Stairs, often spiral and finely sculptured, leading from either side of the rood screen to the rood loft . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Rood Stair the staircase winding up to the rood (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

rood spire Exterior spire over the intersection of the nave and transept, marking the position of the rood. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

rood screen An enriched screen usually surmounted by a rood, in the rood-loft, placed between the chancel and the nave, i.e., between the clergy and the people, of medieval churches. Its precise origin is obscure, though it is possibly traceable to a merely ornamental feature of two 4th-century basilicas; doubtless its later use was practical … Continue reading “Rood Screen”

Rood Saints images of the Virgin Mary and of John the beloved disciple, which were placed on each side of the rood. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Rood Mass a term sometimes applied (1) to the daily parish mass said in large churches at the altar under the rood screen; and (2) sometimes to the mass said on Holy cross Day, or on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

rood loft Loft or gallery surmounting a rood screen, from which the priest sometimes read the Epistles and Gospels or preached to those assembled in the nave. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Rood Loft SEE ROOD BEAM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature