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A poem about this event describes the sun as it “goeth” “under wood” and “under tree.” In a depiction of this event, a woman sees a “little thing the size of a hazelnut,” which represents “all that is made.” (15[1])In the earliest known English-language book written by a woman, the author describes the “showings” (-5[1])of this event that appeared to her after a near-death experience. (15[1])The first printed version of a poem about this event antedates a version carved onto a (*) stone monument (10[1])in Ruthwell. In a poem about the “best of dreams” collected in the Vercelli Codex, a jewel-encrusted object that was central (10[1])to this event recounts the story of its own creation. For 10 points, name this Biblical event described in the “Dream of the Rood,” when “all creation wept, bewailed the King’s fall.” ■END■

ANSWER: the Crucifixion of Jesus [accept the death of Christ or descriptions of Jesus on the Cross]
<Jack Rado, British Literature>
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