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ROSARIESIt is believed the rosary originated in the 11th century and by the Late Middle Ages was the most common accessory worn by all ranks of society. It was carried in the hand, worn on a belt, or around the neck. | |
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at either end. Later the loop form became common, through the
straight string never entirely disappeared.
The number of beads varied from a simple string of 10 beads to the
complete "paternoster" with 150 small beads (for the 150 Psalms) marked
off in tens by 15 larger beads. The beads were made of clay, wood, bone, semi-precious stones, coral, amber, pearls, gold and silver. The large beads became very elaborate sometimes being carved or set with jewels. Often crosses, bells, shells, relics, pilgrim badges and other items of spiritual significance were incorporated into the rosary. Pictured right is a rosary found in the margin of a page from Hours of Catherine of Cleves (c. 1440) |
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| RR1A | | $48.00
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"Magdelene" Rosary
The original of this rosary is held in the hand of a gentlemen in Roger
van de
Weyden's painting, "The Magdalen Reading" (c. 1430). It is believed
to be made with bone paternosters and amber aves with black tassels
at each end.
These hand-strung reproductions has 16 amber beads separated in eights by a larger paternoster on a silk beading thread with matching paternosters and tassels at each end. Approximately 12" long, they also have a small loop added so that they can be looped over a finger or hung from a belt or girdle.
| RR1B | | $45.00
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The original (see picture at the beginning of this section) is found in the margin of a page from Hours of Catherine of Cleves
(c. 1440).
It is made of red beads (coral or wood? - both were common materials) and contains pearls, a star,
a cross and a relic bag with Catherine's initials in pearls and has pearled tassels on each end.
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| RR1CW | | $58.00
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| RR1CC | | $85.00
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These rosaries represent one of the first styles of circular rosaries. It was popular
during the late 15th century to add a tassel at the end. The original is
made of coral and bone and found in the Erzbischofliches Diozesan
Museum in Cologne - of Flemish/German origin. | ||||||||||||||||
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| RR1DP | | $50.00
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St. Jerome Rosary
This is a reproduction of a rosary found hanging from a shelf in the background of Ghirlandaio's St. Jerome. It is hand-strung on silk beading thread and consists of 24 shiny black beads a larger black shiny bead and a black tassel. In the reproduction the beads are jet and the larger paternoster is carved jet. It is approximately 13" in circumference and divided in half, it hangs approximately 7" including the tassel.
| RR1DJ | | $42.00
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Late 15th Century Bone Rosary
(Actual rosary varies slightly from picture.)
| RR1DB | | $54.00
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Linear rosaries were still in use in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. There are a
number of them in paintings that contain 10 or 11 beads and are strung with string or cord.
In "St. Jerome in his Study" by Matteo di Giovanni, c.1492, in Harvard University Art Museum,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, there are 10 large multi-color beads with a loop at one
end for hanging on the wall and a tassel on the other end. Two extant early 16th century
linear rosaries have wire links, capped beads and a ring on one end for hanging. The one in the
State Museum of Prussian Art Treasures - Berlin, Germany has a religious medallion hanging from the other end while
the one in the Austrian Museum of Fine Art - Vienna has a cross hanging from the bottom.
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Knight's RosaryMulticolor stone (brown Jasper) - Manifold sins Light stone (white agate) - Unpredictable death Red stone (red coral) - The Last Judgement Black stone (Black Agate) - Hell Golden stone (citrine) - The Glory and Joy of the Saints 
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The rosary became standardized in 1573 at the Council of Trent (50
Aves & 5 Paternosters with 3 Antiphon Beads and a Cross). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amber & Silver Rosary
This is a pearl rosary hand-strung on silk beading thread. It consists
of 53 freshwater pearls separated by 2mm gold beads and divided into decades by
gold filled filagree beads flattened on 4 sides. Divided in half, it hangs
approximately 15" including the 2" gold plated ornate cross. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RR1FP | | $68.00
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Wood and Bone Rosary - 16th C.
OUT OF STOCK
| RR1FWB | | $30.00
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Pearl Rosary with Holy Water Vial
| RR1FPV | | $48.00
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Amythest & Silver Rosary
Pictured right is a reproduction, hand-strung on silk beading thread, of a rosary
made of amythest beads. It consists 53 amythest beads separated by 2mm gold beads and 5 ornately sculpted sterling
silver beads separating 50 of the amythest beads into decades.
A intricately matching sterling silver cross set with a amythest hangs from 3 antiphon beads. It is approximately
24" in circumfrence and divided in half, it hangs
approximately 15" including the 1 1/2" cross.
| RR1FA | | $92.00
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Amber & Gold Rosary
| RR1FAS | | $64.00
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