Look up: rood-beam


  1. Rood Beam
    A beam running across the chancel arch of a church carrying a cross or crucifixion, often flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist.
    Found op http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/resources/glossary.html

  2. rood beam
    (from the article `rood screen`) ...means `cross,` or `crucifix.` At first the great rood of a medieval church was supported by a single beam, spanning the nave at the entrance to ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/65

  3. Rood Beam
    In architecture, a rood beam is a beam across the chancel of a church, supporting the rood.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TR.HTM

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