Rood

( ; shortened to ROOD) is a Dutch revolutionary socialist youth organisation. It was the youth wing of the Socialist Party until 2021, and was previously known as ( ).

(Evangelical-Lutheran) on the island of Gotland in Sweden|alt= in Saxony A rood or rood cross, sometimes known as a triumphal cross, is a cross or crucifix, especially the large crucifix set above the entrance to the chancel of a medieval church. Alternatively, it is a large sculpture or painting of the crucifixion of Jesus. on Gotland shows the origin of the name Christus triumphans: the crucified figure wears a crown and "shoes" of a ruler.|alt= In church architecture the rood, or rood cross, is a life-sized crucifix displayed on the central axis of a church, normally at the chancel arch. The earliest roods hung from the top of the chancel arch (rood arch), or rested on a plain "rood beam" across it, usually at the level of the capitals of the columns. This original arrangement is still found in many churches in Germany and Scandinavia, although many other surviving crosses now hang on walls. If the choir is separated from the church interior by a rood screen, the rood cross is placed on, or more rarely in front of, the screen. Under the rood is usually the altar of the Holy Cross. ==See also== Chancel rails The Dream of the Rood Holy Rood Church (disambiguation) Iconostasis Legend of the Rood ==Notes== ==References== ==Further reading== Manuela Beer: Triumphkreuze des Mittelalters. Ein Beitrag zu Typus und Genese im 12. und 13. Jahrhundert. Mit einem Katalog der erhaltenen Denkmäler ("Rood Crosses of the Middle Ages. An Article on the Typology and Genesis in the 12th and 13th Centuries. With a catalogue of surviving monuments"). Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg, 2005, Der Erlöser am Kreuz: Das Kruzifix ("The Saviour on the Cross: the Crucifix"), rescissions in the portrayal of the Crucifix or Rood Cross. ==External links==

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