Rood

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about 1931 Hanging Rood with Mary and John and the symbols of the four Evangelists on the arms of the cross. Haloes and symbols highlighted in gold. medium: wood technique: carved designer: W. D. Caröe artist: Frederick Brook Hitch St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire east end of the nave Boldly carved in neo-Gothic style. The sculptor, Brooke Hitch, was also responsible for the effigy of Bishop John Owen (d.1926) and the carving of the tomb and effigy of the Countess of Maidstone (d.1932) also in St David's Cathedral.  (ObjectID=2 ImageID=1136) Original File Name=_MG_2016.jpg

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• Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood  [John 19:25-27]

Jennifer M. Freeman, W.D. Caröe: his architectural achievement (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991), pp. 184-5.

Wyn Evans and Roger Worsley, Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi/St Davids Cathedral 1181-1981 (St Davids: Yr Oriel Fach Press, 1981), p. 75 & plate 64.

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 414.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales