Ruthwell Cross and Dream of the Rood

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d5697c84-0cf0-4bbd-96a3-0590ffcf8bc0/D701A3B9-6F46-4A77-A160-3B056B3C2FAC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://yourehistory.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/ruthwell-cross-and-the-dream-of-the-rood/" href="http://yourehistory.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/ruthwell-cross-and-the-dream-of-the-rood/" style="font-size: 11px;">yourehistory.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://yourehistory.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/ruthwell-cross-and-the-dream-of-the-rood/"><H1>Ruthwell Cross and The Dream of the Rood</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://yourehistory.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/ruthwell-cross-and-the-dream-of-the-rood/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/yourehistory.wordpress.com/img/C9FCB35D-A460-4840-A844-8433C55B4077" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://yourehistory.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/ruthwell-cross-and-the-dream-of-the-rood/"><P>The Ruthwell Cross itself is believed to have been made sometime around 660, and probably served as a “preaching cross”, which marked the site where Christian sermons and lessons were given on a regular basis. It has suffered many indignities, including defacement and demolition by the zealots of the Protestant reformation. Dr. Henry Duncan is credited with the restoration of the Ruthwell Cross, a 24 year project that he began in 1799. It is now housed in Ruthwell Church in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D701A3B9-6F46-4A77-A160-3B056B3C2FAC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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