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A rood or rood cross, sometimes known as a triumphal cross,〔(''Gothic Sculpture, 1140-1300'' ) by Paul Williamson (1998). Retrieved 26 Oct 2014.〕 is a cross or crucifix, especially the large Crucifixion set above the entrance to the chancel of a medieval church.〔Curl, James Stevens (2006). ''Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture'', 2nd ed., OUP, Oxford and New York, p. 658. ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9.〕 Alternatively, it is a large sculpture or painting of the crucifixion of Jesus. == Derivation == ''Rood'' is an archaic word for ''pole'', from Old English rōd "pole", specifically "cross", from Proto-Germanic '' *rodo'', cognate to Old Saxon ''rōda'', Old High German ''ruoda'' "rod".〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', "Rood"〕 ''Rood'' was originally the only Old English word for the instrument of Jesus Christ's death. The words ''crúc'' and in the North ''cros'' (from either Old Irish or Old Norse) appeared by late Old English; "crucifix" is first recorded in English in the Ancrene Wisse of about 1225.〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', "Cross", and "Crucifix"〕 More precisely, ''the Rood'' was the True Cross, the specific wooden cross used in Christ's crucifixion. The word remains in use in some names, such as Holyrood Palace and the Old English poem ''The Dream of the Rood''. The phrase "by the rood" was used in swearing, ''e.g.'' "No, by the rood, not so" in Shakespeare’s ''Hamlet'' (Act 3, Scene 4). The alternative term ''triumphal cross'' (Latin: ''crux triumphalis'', German:''Triumphkreuz''), which is more usual in Europe, signifies the triumph that the resurrected Jesus Christ (''Christus triumphans'') won over death.〔Margarete Luise Goecke-Seischab/ Jörg Ohlemacher: ''Kirchen erkunden, Kirchen erschließen'', Ernst Kaufmann, Lahr 1998, p. 232〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「rood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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