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+ ANTIQUE ROSARIES A REMARKABLE COLLECTION + IMAGES ARE ALL WE HAVE We learn so much when we see the way prayer counters (rosaries and chaplets) have been made and used over the centuries. One of the first things you may notice - is how our contemporaries have commercialized and stylized the rosary into a standard form in the last few centuries. + WHY VARIETY OF DESIGNS? Traditions were regional as no TV, Computers, books to show one exactly how a rosary or chaplet 'should be made'. Available materials were used. Ideas were carried by hand and foot from one country to another. Mountains separated spread of ideas. Eventually we see less diversity and more uniformity. Council of Trent (1573) standardized the Dominican rosary we know today. for more information
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IMAGES ARE ALL WE HAVE
+ STUDY THE DESIGNS CAREFULLY You will be inspired visually. Note the popularity of the rings on one end. A tradition dating back to the 15c and identified by our German rosary collector as used by , preferred by men, (tenners, 'zehners'). The ring allowed the prayer to pass the decade beads from one finger to the next to complete a full five decade rosary. + TOP TO BOTTOM: [1. FACETED BEADS: ending to the left with what appears to be a broken "Credo Cruz" with one arm. Medal unidentified. [2. 11 BEADS GRADUATED IN SIZE: Include Pater Bead. Interesting rings at other end. [3. SMALL 'PASSEMENTERIE' METALIC TASSEL: After unidentified medal, followed by traditional "Credo Kruz" (Creed). [4. BEADED TASSEL: Tenner with large spacer beads. + 'TENNERS' / 'ZEHNERS / CREDO KREUZ Tenners / Zehners, (10 beads, 1 decade.) - Credo Kreuz ( reminder to pray the Creed) around 1578, asking for an "increase of faith, hope and charity." Eventually the Credo cross is dropped and 3 beads added to the pendant. |
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Also known as the Brigittine Rosary (15c on)
+ GIVING HOMAGE TO TWO NOTED (?) ABOVE Let these old rosaries speak to your heart in their simplicity and elegance. Then make your own rosary from treasured beads and metals of your own keeping. Some rosaries without centers, some using a Pater bead for converging to the pendant. Some with larger centers and smaller crucifixes than the eye usually balances. Remember, the heart prays, the beads count. Bone or Ivory? |
+ RIBBONS AT ONE END RINGS AT THE OTHER Why do the rings connect? And do the ribbons symbolize the traditional wedding ribbons? Or do they represent early ribbons that were used to "wipe away the tears?" + also enjoy more antique collections below: |
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Visit this collection for a great variety of antique prayer beads |
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A wonderful look into musuem pieces now privately owned |
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Do you like to windowshop? These religious aritifacts are tempting! |
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*ARTICLES ON ROSARIES* |
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Far to the Northwest of our country, our journey of discovery began ... |
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"It is easier to become a rosary from the 17th century than to find ... |
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*EASTERN ? WESTERN CHRISTIAN DEVOTIONAL LIFE* |
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"The first one I ever saw was in Rothenberg - I was captured by its beauty ... |
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+ AND MORE SHARINGS ... of each human prayer ... The museum of old rosaries is breathtaking. Thinking of the years and years that those rosaries have been in the hands of pray-ers sure does make one feel connected. The history of the rosary through the centuries is fascinating. One thing I especially like is the variety in rosaries down the years. Somehow, the antiquity and the variety have significance to me... unity down the years coupled with the uniquenss of each human prayer... brought together as one with God. ?? sigh>> Doesn't that just bring chills? Johnna M (FL)
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PHILIP LEON CARTER And all who love the Lord, love working with wood and are interested in learning how things were done over the centuries. How the rosary grew from a simple pebble to a string of wooden beads - to gemstones - yet know - it is the prayer of the heart that matters and not the substance of the bead. + This is a living museum and is open to your contributions in image form so that others may enjoy the many variations in rosaries and chaplets over the centuries. |
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MISSION STATEMENT Our vision is to provide the finest handmade rosaries, chaplets and other fine religious art forms for personal worship we can make using the finest supplies available. The Guild believes the work of our hands should give visual Glory to God, therefore for us, the best for you is very, very important. +++
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