Rood

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about 1905-1915 Crucifixion with Mary and John. Symbols of the four evangelists on the arms of the cross. Rood beam decorated with a large fish. Details picked out in red paint. medium: wood technique: carved, painted artist: J. C. Hawes Church of St David, Caldey Island above the chancel arch The large fish on the rood beam may be intended as a representation of Leviathan, the Old Testament monster of the deep, possibly here representing the powers of death and Hell, overcome by the sacrifice of Christ.  (ObjectID=573 ImageID=1281) Original File Name=_MG_2568.jpg

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

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 139.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales