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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture

I'll drop this in my 'if-I'm-ever-there' file!
Genevra

On 4/23/2012 10:53 AM, Chris Laning wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> A bit late for this list, but among the other scenes on the carved ivory beads of the  rosary of Bishop Jakob Fugger (Bishop of Konstanz 1604-1626) are at least two (and possibly more) that relate to the Creation story.
> http://paternosters.blogspot.com/2007/12/bishops-beads-terrestial-sphere.html
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> Unfortunately the only photos I could find of these beads are old and not very good ones; you can barely make out bits and pieces here and there. (Genevra, if you're ever in Konstanz…. ;) But these beads, made by Antonio Spano, are an amazing piece of work.
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