Hi all, I posted a couple of pictures here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/files/Extant%20Photos/ These are Rosaries from "A History of Jewellery...
How beautiful! Thank you for posting. I am just *barely* beginning to work with the concept of Paternosters for my persona (and for my own mundane use). ...
True, I rarely get to FP. Life and work get too much in the way. However, I am also on this list. ;} Hi, Ro. ;} I use 20g sterling wire, half hard in my...
Hi all, I know it's a smidge off-topic but I figure that the really smart people here might have a good pointer as a starting place. I'm looking for in-period...
Pax et Bonum. I joined this group today, and have been reading the past posts with interest. I am a Secular Franciscan (Third Order Secular) and am working on...
I have recieved a couple questions, and because the answers may be of interest to the entire group, I will share the quote in this forum: "Thomas of Comtimpre,...
Hi all, I read through the archive.. and I know there's been some mention of books but I'm wondering if anyone's read this book: Beads and Prayers: The Rosary...
greetings..... I am a glass bead maker who hails from Krakenfjord, in Tir Righ (Vernon, british Columbia, Canada). I am interested in the lifestyle of an...
Whew...I don't think my eyes are bleeding, but I suspect that they're somewhat crossed after reading 200+ posts! What a fine, informative site! (And special...
Yesterday a friend asked me a question about the hood I'd made using the MOL:C&T pattern as a starting place. In the process of chatting about it, I pulled...
I don't know if they are the same but this book is about the Turin-Milan Book of Hours illustrated by Jan van Eyck. It might be worth trying to get the book...
Greetings all. Well, I'll take a whack at this (with hopes that others will chime in...) I like the online Catholic Encyclopedia for basic definition info,...
Greetings all. Going thru our archives today there's a picture posted by Katherine that clearly shows a number of chained rosaries (my German isn't good, is...
15th Century - The legend under the picture: Figures 125 - 128 Gilded Silver gothic rosenkrantz from the 15th century 125. Crucifixion group wth cristal pearls...
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Just a note that with the winter holidays coming up, I'm again selling medieval-style rosaries on eBay, like this one: ...
So I'm doing my velvet Venetians for 12th Night and have a couple questions: 1.) What would an appropriate rosary for Venice in the mid 1500's be -- would it...
Greetings Catherine, et al. You might enjoy my handout "Historical Rosaries and Paternosters" at: http://users.easystreet.com/rafaella/paternosters2003.pdf For...
Helps immensely, thank you! I just wasn't sure which "style" of paternoster/ rosary I should be working on. And now I get to go play with beads... ~ Catherine ...
... I'd agree. Or else perhaps a rosary that is _almost_ modern in style, like the one carried by Mary Queen of Scots to her execution -- the usual loop of...
Yes ma'am, I still have your booklet. :-) Other question: would it be period appropriate for a mid 1500's Italian woman to have all those different little...
... OK, here are the quick and dirty statistics <g>. There are eight 17th-century rosaries and four 18th-century ones illustrated in _500 Jahre Rosenkranz_...
Since you ask, my current obsession is to create an index of as many pre-1600 paternoster/rosaries either extant or in art as I can find, so feel free everyone...
Hi! [waves] Checking in from the frozen north... About a year and some ago, there was a discussion on the list about period recipes for rose-petal beads for...
Hi all, We've been kind of quiet! I was at the library doing some looking for reference material for a paper I am writing for our Kingdom Arts and Sciences...
!!!! I recently saw This illumination when it was on display at the getty.... They change the exhibits every??? 6-8 weeks, so they can rotate material, but...
I came across a couple of images with beads today. They aren't anything spectacular, but thought I'd put the link out for anyone interested. These art works...
Whew! I just finished a great project for a friend of mine! I was talking to a group I had offered to make rosaries for and one lady drew me aside and told me...
Have to share the latest research "data point" -- A very nice lady at the National Gallery in London -- which is very, VERY sticky about people not reproducing...
