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The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross probably dating from the 8th century, [1] when the village of Ruthwell, now in Scotland, was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. It is the most famous and elaborate Anglo-Saxon monumental sculpture, [ 2 ] and possibly contains the oldest surviving text, predating any manuscripts ...
The Ruthwell Cross. A preaching cross is a Christian cross sometimes surmounting a pulpit, which is erected outdoors to designate a preaching place. In Great Britain and Ireland, many free-standing upright crosses – or high crosses – were erected. Some of these crosses bear figurative or decorative carvings, or inscriptions in runes.
The Ruthwell Cross County Buildings, the former headquarters of Dumfriesshire County Council, and since 1975 the headquarters of Dumfries and Galloway Council. Archaeological remains from the neolithic and Bronze Age include stone circles (as in Dunscore and Eskdalemuir), tumuli and cairns (Closeburn), and sculptured stones (Dornock). [1]
The Ruthwell Cross. A part of The Dream of the Rood can be found on the eighth-century Ruthwell Cross, which is an 18 feet (5.5 m), free-standing Anglo-Saxon cross that was perhaps intended as a 'conversion tool'. [10] At each side of the vine-tracery are carved runes.
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the Anglo-Saxon stone Ruthwell Cross, with two matched beasts that have been described as "otter-like". [14] Christ has no cross, and stands with his hands held together in front of him. The image here, which is much the most discussed by scholars, partly because it is badly worn and hard to read, has been denied to be of the subject at all ...
Captioned as "Fig. 1. The Ruthwell Cross, between 1823 and 1887." Date: published 1912: Source: Cook, Albert S. 1912. The Date of the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Crosses. Yale University Press. Author: Albert S. Cook (1853–1927) Permission (Reusing this file) Author died more than 70 years ago - public domain
The Ruthwell Cross inscription could also be mentioned, but its authenticity is dubious; it might have been added only in the 10th century. Unlike the situation on the continent, the tradition of runic writing does not disappear in England after Christianization but continues for a full three centuries, disappearing after the Norman conquest.