medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At 09:15 PM 09/16/2002 -0700, Chris Laning wrote:
>[snip]
>Connected with this is a yet more nebulous issue. My
informant says
>(gotta love the specificity here :)) that she saw "a TV
documentary
>on Jamestown" (USA) sometime within the past year which
had turned up
>some rosary beads -- certainly an odd thing for anyone to
be carrying
>in an English colony at that period, I would think.
>
Stone beads have been found during excavations of Jamestown
that some have suggested might be rosary beads. There is
an online article about these beads (and others) in _The
Journal of the Jamestown Rediscovery Center_, a refereed
online journal. The URL for the article is:
http://www.apva.org/resource/jjrc/vol1/hltoc.html
See especially section 2.2 and endnote 3. If you have the
time and inclination, you can also download the 1997
Jamestown excavation report, which includes details of a
crucifix found on the site which also might have been part
of a rosary. The file is available at:
www.apva.org/pubs/97report.pdf
See pages 22 and 23 of the file for a description of the
crucifix with a photograph, as well as some discussion of a
possible Catholic presence at Jamestown and the survivial
of Catholic traditions in Elizabethan England.
Stephen Allen
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