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Rosaries serve the worship of St Mary. They mostly consist of 59 beads prescribing a fixed sequence of specific prayers. A cross-shaped pendant is attached to the lower end. Other medallions can be incorporated as amulets for protection or as a pilgrimage memento.
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Details
- Title: Rosary
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 1914
- Location: Augsburg, Germany
- Physical Dimensions: h45 cm
- Type: Object
- Medium: bakelite, metal, aluminium
- Inv.-No.: N (52 B) 1/1994,13043
- ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-018719
- External Link: Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyright: Text: © Koehler & Amelang Verlag in der Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG / Museum Euopäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / und die Autoren Photo: © Museum Euopäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Ute Franz-Scarciglia
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