 | Peter (of Langtoft) - 1725 - 1810 - 500 pages
...Roodlofts. " Rood\oft"(saithBlount*) " a Shrine zchereon rcas placed "the Cross of ' Christ. The " Rood was an image of Christ " on the Cross, made generally " of wood, and erected in a luft "for that purpose, just over " the passage out of the Church " into the Chancel." But Roodloft... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 390 pages
...rood lofts. " Roodloft, (sai'h Blount) is a shrine whereon was placed the cross of Christ. The rood was an image of Christ on the cross, made generally...over the passage out of the church into the chancel." Reed. Bullokar, however, is a better authority than anv of these, being contemporary with Sliakspeare.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 398 pages
...rood lofts " Roodloft, (saitli Blount) is a shrine whereon was placed the cross of Christ. The rood was an image of Christ on the cross, made generally...over the passage out of the church into the chancel." Reed. 8 by the rood.] ie the cross. Pope. Bullokar, however, is a better authority than any of these,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 618 pages
...Rivtl-lofli. " Rood-loft," saith Blount, " a shrine, whereon was placed the cross of Christ. The rood was an image of Christ on the cross, made generally...over the passage out of the church into the chancel." But rood-loft sometimes also signifies a shrine, on which was placed the image or relicks of a saint;... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 618 pages
...Rood-lofts. " Rood-loft," saith Blount, " a shrine, whereon was placed the cross of Christ. The rood was an image of 'Christ on the cross, made generally...wood, and erected in a loft for that purpose, just oter the passage out of the church into the chancel." But rood-loft sometimes also signifies a shrine,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 620 pages
...Jliititl-fiift'i. " Rood-loft," saith Blount, " a shrine* whereon was placed the cross of Christ. The rood was an image of Christ on the cross, made generally of wood, and erected in a loft for that purpose, jdst over the passage out of the church Into the chancel." But rood-loft sometimes also signifies a... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - English drama - 1814 - 408 pages
...the cross and the figure of our blessed Saviour as he suffered upon it." " The rood," says Blount, " was an image of Christ on the cross, made generally...in a loft for that purpose, just over the passage from the church into the chancel." officers to punish these jarring tongues; I'll teach them to stretch... | |
 | Elizabeth Ogborne - Essex (England) - 1814 - 342 pages
...themselves. This MS. is corrected by king Henry VIII. 's own hand.— Cttton Lib. Brit. Mas. • The rood was an image of Christ on the cross, made generally of wood, with an Image of Mary and John standing on each side : it was plat-ril in a loft erected for the purpose... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - English drama - 1816 - 412 pages
...the cross and the figure of our blessed Saviour as he suffered upon it." " Tlie rood," says Blount, " was an image of Christ on the cross, made generally...in a loft for that purpose, just over the passage from the church into, the chancel." officers to punish these jarring tongues; I'll teach them to stretch... | |
 | 1816 - 566 pages
...Sept. 6. Old Holy rood. The holy rood was an image of Christ on the cross, placed upon a loft made for that purpose, just over the passage out of the church into the chancel. Sept. 26. St. Cyprian. He was an African by birth, of a good family, and well educated. Before his... | |
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The rood was an image of Christ on the cross, made generally of wood, and erected in a loft for that purpose, just over the passage out of the church into the chancel. 
