Upper scene: Expulsion of the Money Changers from the Temple; lower scene: Entry into Jerusalem
Partial decade rosary with three scenes from the Life of Christ on each bead, including Bead 1: Annunciation; Bead 2: Flight into Egypt; Bead 3: Noli Me Tangere; Bead 4: Crucifixion; Bead 5: Pietà; the Virgin and Child are carved in relief on the ring
Upper scene: Expulsion of the Money Changers from the Temple; lower scene: Entry into Jerusalem
In the upper scene, Christ on the cross appears above the altar while St. Gregory (504-640?), one of the four Latin fathers of the Catholic Church, is saying mass. The miracle signifies the doctrine of transubstantiation (the real presence of Christ in the bread and wine of communion).
In the lower scene, angels crown Mary the Virgin of the Rosary.
from Smith College website
Upper scene: St George on horse slays the dragon; lower scene: St Hubert kneels before the stag with a crucifix in its antlers
Polyptych: upper: Christ in the House of Mary and Martha with the apostles; interior left wing: Martha visits the sick while Mary dances in the background; interior right wing: Noli me tangere; exterior wings: upper left: man visits prisoners in the stocks, upper right: woman visits prisoners in the stocks, lower left: man visits woman in a tower, lower right: person being flogged on the Gallows; lower: Dance of Mary Magdalene
Upper main scene: David beheading Goliath in the valley of Elah with Israelites on one side, Philistines on other
lower main scene: David kneeling before Samuel
low relief, outside: Saul and David carrying head of Goliath on sword towards women at gate
low relief, inside: David watching Bathsheba at her bath
left wing, outside: David destroys lion
left wing, inside: David removes Saul's armour
right wing, outside: Samuel blesses David
right wing, inside: David holds Goliath's head before king
The beads are graduated, with the largest being the Paternoster. Each bead has fourteen sides, four of which have space for a scene.
Paternoster bead: St. Judas; Resurrection of the Dead (2 scenes); blank
Ave beads: Each apostle can be identified by a shortened form of his name, his attribute and a scroll containing the initial letters of his part of the Apostles' Creed.
1. St. Peter; The Creation of the Heavens; The Creation of the World; the Creation of the Sun, Moon and Stars
2. St. Andrew; Ecce Homo, Man of Sorrows, Ruler of the World
Upper hemisphere: Crucifixion; Lower hemisphere: Pietà surrounded by blank coat of arms and five scenes: Nativity, Flight into Egypt, Presentation or Circumcision, Carrying of the Cross, Lamentation
Upper scene: Crucifixion with the Virgin being supported by St John the Evangelist, Mary Magdalene and Mary of Cl(e)opas in the left foreground; Lower scene: Carrying of the Cross with St. Veronica displaying the vera icon
