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 18c JUBILEE ROSARY
PILGRIMAGE ROSARY
A wonderful Pilgrimage rosary from Rome, celebrating the Jubilee year of 1700.

CONFIGURATION   -    BEADS   -  MEDALLION

The medallions help us to understand the tradition of the Scala Santa and the 4 doors of the 4 major Basilicas in Rome.  These doors of the Basilicas of St Peter, St John Lateran, Mary Major and St Paul's Outside the Walls are highly visited by Pilgrims visiting Rome during the Jubilee.  The Scala Santa, Holy Stairs are believed to be the stairs scaled at the home of Pontious Pilate by Jesus before he was crucified.

~ CONFIGURATION ~

 
7 DECADE HAND CHAINED ROSARY

~ BEADS ~

The 8 Pater beads are of silver filigree work ...

... and the Ave beads are irregular nuggets of garnet
with a slight facet appearing to be heavily worn.

~ MEDALLION ~

 left - The word 'ROMA' is at the bottom of the image with SCALA SANTA' or holy stairs around image of the holy stairs. right - the doors of the four major basilicas in Rome. St Peters, St John Lateran, Mary Major and St Paul's Outside the Walls, the same opened by John Paul II opened during the 2000 jubilee. The Holy Spirit  is above.

... Like Water ...
'Last night I said the joyful mysteries on [this rosary] and I could tell it had been many years since those beads had been fingered in prayer. Like water running into parched earth.'

from the collection of Christopher Buczek (NY)

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