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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 ...
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August 2006 - Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Ron Waller This impressive cross extends for another two metres behind the altar and below the floor level. You cannot overwrite this file. File usage
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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.
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The Northumbrian Renaissance or Northumbria's Golden Age is the name given to a period of cultural flowering in the kingdom of Northumbria, broadly speaking from the mid-seventh to the mid-eighth centuries.
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.