Friday, May 1, 2026

The Forked Cross

The Gabelkreuz 'Plague Cross' (1304) at St. Maria im Kapitol in Cologne

The inscription at the top (in Old English runes) reads 'Wurzellosen Bäume immer fallen Rootless Trees always fall'.

Fidus, Light Prayer (1894)

Ludwig Fahrenkrog, 'The Holy Hour' (1918)

St Francis of Assisi, in Franco Zeffirelli's Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)

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