medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Chris, on your way to Deutschland you may want
to make a detour to Dublin to view the
exrtraordinary elaborate collection of rosary
beads in the Chester Beatty Collection.
They speak a version of English there ;-).
GHB
>\>If you're in trouble finding references I could ask arch-de (the German
>>archaeology list).
>
>That would be very kind of you. I can more or
>less flounder through German with a dictionary
>and some help (my French is much better, so of
>course I've picked a research project where I
>need German!!) but I'd be very grateful both for
>references to published work, and for any
>unpublished data people cared to share.
>
>I am actually planning a research trip to
>Germany sometime in the next year or so to look
>at some specific examples in person: the list of
>possible stops includes Köln (of course),
>München, and also Regensburg (where all four of
>my mother's grandparents came from).
>
>Aspects of paternoster beads in which I am
>interested include: bead and string materials,
>form of the string, size and shape of beads,
>number and arrangement of beads, and who may
>have made, bought or used them. I have also been
>looking at the ornamentation of beads and how
>they were worn as accessories (looped over a
>belt, worn around the neck, etc.).
>
>One question I am especially interested in
>asking archaeologists is: how do you decide that
>a few beads you have found are from a rosary? I
>have some ideas on the subject, but I'd like to
>know how others go about attributing beads to a
>rosary rather than to some other use.
>
>Thanks again --
>
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