Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days
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The cross is at Ruthwell, in Dumfriesshire. It is very old, probably dating from the tenth or eleventh century. There are carvings upon it of various events in the life of Our Lord, onthe north and south sides. On the top-stone, north, is arepresentation of St John with the eagle, and on the top-stone, south, is St John with the Agnus Dei. On the east and west is carved avine in fruit, with animals feeding, and at each side of thevine-tracery the runes are carved, which give the words taken fro...m thepoem, in the Northumbrian dialect. [Illustration: RUTHWELL CROSS [_Page 80_] This cross used to stand in the church at Ruthwell; it escaped injury atthe time of general destruction in the sixteenth century, but theGeneral Assembly of the Church of Scotland ordered the "many idolatrousmonuments erected and made for religious worship" to be "taken down, demolished, and destroyed. " It was not till two years later, however, that the cross was taken down when an Act was passed "anent theIdolatrous Monuments in Ruthwell.
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