Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

rood lights Oil lamps or tapers kept burning before the rood . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Rood-Light a light, whether from a mortar with taper or from oil lamps or cressets, placed on or about the rood beam. Such were kept continually burning in ancient parish churches. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Rood, Holy Name applied to the True Cross or any representation of it. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Rood, Heman, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Jericho, Vermont, January 29, 1795. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1819, was preceptor at Montpelier Academy for two years, and in 1822 tutor at Middlebury College. In 1825 he graduated from Andover Theological Seminary; the next year, July 12, became pastor at Gilmanton, N.H.; in … Continue reading “Rood, Heman, D.D”

Rood Gap the space under a chancel arch. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Rood Gallery SEE ROOD-LOFT. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Rood Doors the doors of the rood screen, separating the nave from the chancel. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Rood Cloth (Or Rode Cloth) the veil by which the large crucifix or rood, which anciently stood over the chancel screen, was covered during Lent. Its color in England was either violet or black, and it was frequently marked with a white cross. We find examples of this cloth figured in mediaeval illuminations. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Rood Cloth (Or Rode Cloth)”

Rood Chains those chains by which, in the case of large figures placed on or beside the rood, such figures were supported. These chains were inserted in the roof in front of the chancel arch. Remains of such chains are to be seen at Collumpton, Devonshire. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Rood Bowl a bowl of latten or other material, with a pricket in the center, to hold a taper for lighting the rood screen. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature