Just a few reminders from your list moderator :) [Paternosters] is an e-mail list for people interested in historical rosaries, paternosters, and other prayer...
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It's good to see you're still posting & sticking to neutral ground. I was worried for a bit of time you'd decided to give up having this group. I've gotten...
... If it's me you're talking about <grin>, I've just been busy -- as you can probably see from the erratic postings to my blog. The other two parts of the...
Does anyone know how long "Job's Tears" or "Mary's Tears" have been used as beads? Thanks E Revie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi to the group! I'm new to the list, but love the info I found here! Congrats Chris on the paper for the Medieval Symposium! I just want to let everyone know...
I would be interested in have the pictures posted to me if you would be so kind. Daniel...
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Oct 9, 2006 1:44 am
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Festivals of Faith: Exploring Belief Around the World La Sierra University June 11, 2005-November 29, 2006 "Beads of Faith" is a new acquisition accompanying...
A friend sent me this, and I thought this might interest people here... Emy _____ Here's a fascinating site, a Romanian refugee now living in California set...
Just a few reminders from your list moderator :) [Paternosters] is an e-mail list for people interested in historical rosaries, paternosters, and other prayer...
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Hi, Does anyone have any idea how early red coral might have been used for beads in Western Europe? Thanks, Toby...
So far as I've been able to find, 1400. Doesn't mean it isn't earlier, but that is the information I have. Mostly from portraits. Miriel ... -- Email me for...
Hi, as far as I recall there is something mentioned in the 1268 "livre des art et metiers" in Paris. There are 3 guilds of paternosterer, classified by the...
Hi again, Thanks for the feedback so far. I'm interested as I've come across some very good red coral beads but would like as early a date as is possible to...
Regards red coral in rosaries was written: So far as I've been able to find, 1400. Doesn't mean it isn't earlier, but that is the information I have. Mostly...
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Greetings! A while ago I mentioned a knotted paternoster in Spain, and Dona Violante recently returned from a trip to Spain. I begged her to take notes on ...
Just a few reminders from your list moderator :) [Paternosters] is an e-mail list for people interested in historical rosaries, paternosters, and other prayer...
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I have my own Website that features an extensive collection of Catholic Rosaries, Muslim Tesbihs, Greek Kombolois, and various other beads. Features filigree...
Hello, Everyone! I find this to be quite interesting. In many Medieval paintings, it shows Jesus and the Blessed Mother holding a set of prayer beads. ...
This is an interesting question, and it makes me wonder what the artists thought of it. Jesus did pray, and His prayers were directed to the Father. Since He...
It is impossible that Jesus and Mary prayed "the rosary" as we know it, as it did not develop until the 12th century, I believe. However, prayer beads (in...
... Yes, rather like the modern pictures you see of Jesus (in robes) playing basketball with modern kids. It's an "idea picture", conveying the message, "Jesus...
It's been many years since my college art survey class, however, my memory of studying the anachronisms of medieval and renaissance art was that the artist did...
Greetings! ... In the Met there is a painting of a pregnant Mary reading out of a Bible (well, a Book of Hours, probably, but the commentator said Bible), and ...
... As far as I can tell in my research - the rosaries were first used by monks to help them remember the Psalms (though have there always been 150?) - then ...
You know what the pictures of Jesus and the Blessed Mother praying a Rosary remind me of somewhat? They remind me of the Jay Lenno program the other day where...
Exactly. Medieval art was intended to be an "idea picture" (as someone previously claimed) and not strictly representational of realism. I've seen a lovely...
Hello, Everybody. I am looking for good pictures of linear 150 beads Paternosters, and well as period artwork featuring a person in the paiting with a 150 ...
Hello, Everyone! I have a couple of questions in regards to the kind of Rosary refered to as "Big Red Ones." This style is completely circular with no drop....