rosary workshop - museum index
MUSEUM of
ANTIQUE ROSARIES
LET THEM SPEAK TO YOUR HEART
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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. + 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. BY
CENTURY
(17th, 18th, 19th, 20th) BY
DESCRIPTION
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~ PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ~ |
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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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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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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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antique rosary museum index history index |
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