Slide Title

Coventry: Old Coventry Cathedral, Wooden Cross, Cross of Nails

Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski

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Description

Stonemason Jock Forbes created this wooden cross from two burned beams that had once held the roof of Coventry Cathedral before it was bombed during World War Two. The cross of nails, also made from the old cathedral rubble, was made by Provost Richard Howard. A similar cross made from the same nails was given to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin. Similarly, it was destroyed by bombing and the damaged structure was been preserved beside a new building.

The words ‘Father Forgive’ were inscribed after the bombing, at the instruction of Provost Howard.

Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Cathedral

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Wilhelm_Memorial_Church

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Subject Headings

Architecture -- Religious Architecture -- West Midlands -- Coventry;

Country Name

England

Region Name

West Midlands

City Name

Coventry

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chet, "Coventry: Old Coventry Cathedral, Wooden Cross, Cross of Nails" (2011). Browse All. 536.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/536