rosary workshop - Hunt Museum Rosaries
MORE ROSARIES - 17c - 18c
FROM THE HUNT MUSEUM - LIMERIC IRELAND
During a recent trip to Ireland, we asked an antiques
dealer why it was so hard to find rosaries in Ireland. She explained
it was because of the old custom of burying the rosary with its owner.
So when we found the following rosaries at the Hunt Museum in Limeric City,
we felt truly blessed.
AMBER
ROSARY - IVORY
ROSARY
ROSARY
DIRECTORY
We are grateful to the Hunt for allowing us to share this information with you the students and lovers of the history of the rosary so you may learn more about the precious rosaries of Ireland. All images are used with the permission of the Hunt Museum, Limeric Ireland. Please contact the Hunt directly for use of or further information regarding this collection. (See below)
~ AMBER ROSARY~
ONE OF THE FINEST ROSARIES IN THE COLLECTION AT THE HUNT, IS THIS
BEAUTIFUL AMBER ROSARY. IT IS ESPECIALLY TREASURED
BECAUSE OF THE
COLLECTION OF IRREGULAR SHAPED AVE BEADS. THE PATER BEADS
ARE
A VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF SILVERWORK. THIS 5 DECADE ROSARY IS
DATED c 1770 - 1800.
~ IVORY ROSARY~
... PAIDREN BEAG ...
In Ireland the Paidren Beag, meaning 'small prayer' was a smaller
rosary with ten beads and a crucifix at one end and a ring at the other.
The ring was passed from one finger to the next to keep count of the prayers.
Another version was the rosary ring which had 10 projections and a cruciform
bezel for the Paternoster.
(Hunt Museum)
THIS IS QUITE A LARGE SINGLE DECADE ROSARY (10 BEAD) OR
CHAPLET THAT IS AS LONG AS SOME OF THE ROSARIES IN THIS
COLLECTION. IT IS BELIEVED TO BE FRENCH. THERE ARE 9 GRADED
STAINED OLD IVORY BEADS WITH A CARVED BEAD AT ONE END 
AND A GOLD TASSEL (PASSEMENTERIE) AT THE OTHER END A SMALL
WHITE BEAD CROSS SITS ABOVE THE TASSEL. DATED 16c - 17c
POSSIBLY FRENCH.
~ ROSARY DIRECTORY ~
