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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.
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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
Keywords
religious architecture, bomb damage, monuments, cathedral
Notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Wilhelm_Memorial_Church