Saxon Rood

A Saxon Rood (cross or crucifixion, carving or painting) on the outside wall of Romsey Abbey. At just over a thousand years old this carving was originally part of a Saxon Abbey built in 1000AD (where it would have been in the chancel entrance), though was later incorporated into the wall of the far grander Norman building which followed from 1130AD. It shows Jesus on the cross with the hand of God reaching down from the heavens above him, it's very battered and warn, though somehow more powerful for it. It's not my path, though that doesn't distract from the impact of a piece like this, it would have held powerful symbolism, still will today. Of course, I touched it, I had too, I dig touching things that have been touched for a thousand years. Continuity, man.