Dimensions
Overall (diameter of ave bead): 38mm (3.8 cm)
Description
Paternoster: Mass of St Gregory (upper), Virgin of the Apocalypse (lower), Ten Ave Beads, Crucifix, and Finger Ring. All the beads have faceted exteriors
Top row of outer roundels on paternoster: Circumcision; Confession; angel musicians
Middle row of outer roundels: arms of England; Cleansing of Naaman (2 scenes); resurrected figures
Bottom row of outer roundels: Trajan and widow; Almsgiving; Christ and woman taken in adultery; baptism; resurrected figures
bead I: St. Matthew and Habakkuk: Last Judgement; Judgement of Solomon
bead II: St. John: infant Christ seated between angels; God in Majesty; Habakkuk feeding Daniel in lion's den
bead III: St James the Greater and Isaiah: Annunciation, Nativity; martyrdom of Isaiah
bead IV: St Bartholomew and Amos: Ascension, Transfiguration, Murder of Amos
bead V: St Thomas and Jonah: Christ leaving tomb; Elijah raising widow's son; Death
bead VI: St Andrew and David: Crucifixion; Entombment; David dancing before ark
bead VII: St Simon and Jeremiah: Members of church; martyrdom of Jeremiah ?
bead VIII: St. Philip and Zachariah: Harriowng of Hell; Hell; martyrdom of Zachariah
bead IX: St Peter and Moses: Creation of Heavens; Moses receiving law; Christ Child in rayed sun
bead X: St James the Lesser and Joel: Descent of Holy Ghost; Baptism of Christ
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Paternoster, 3 rows of 8 roundels , outer middle row:
[b] judas [smalls scroll] REMISSIONE' PECCATORVM [large scroll]
[d] SEPTIES LAVARE IN IORDANE 4 reg. 5 [4 Kings 5:10]
[e] he 8 k a [near arms: Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon]
[f] math [small scroll] CARNIS RESVR' Z VITA ETERNA
Paternoster, inner upper: O FILI DEI PASSIO FERTILIS SID NOBIS REMISSIO
Paternoster, inner lower: MULIER AMICTA SOLI ET LUNA SVB PEDIBUS EIVS [Apocalypse 12:1]
POSVI DEVM ADIVTORIVM MEVM
HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE [both on bezel of bead]
bead I: INDE VENTVR E' IVDICARE VIVOS MORTVO [St. Matthew]
mathe'
IPSE INTER FRATRES DIVIDET ozee 13 [Hosea 13:15]
ozee
secreta at' de' relerabit pectora lu [sibyl]
[bead II] ET IN IHM XPM FILIV' EI VINCV' dominum nostru [St. John]
EXVLTABO IN DEO IESV MEO abac 3 [Habakkuk 3:18]
abacue
[bead III] QVI CVNCEPTVS E DE SPM' SAC'TO natus ex maria virgine [St. James]
iacob'
ECCE VIRGO CONCIPIET PARIET FI esa 7 [Isaiah 7:14]
esayas
[bead IV] ASCENDIT IN CELOS SEDET AD DEXTER' dei pris omnipot [St. Bartholomew]
b'thome'
EDIFICAT IN CELO ASCENSIONE' SVAM am' 9 [Amos 9:6]
amos
[bead V] TERCIA DIE RESVRREXIT A MORTVIS [St. Thomas]
thomas
EVOVMVIT IONAM I ARIDAM jone 2 [Jonah 2:11]
[bead VI] PASS' SVB PONCIO PILATO CRVCIFIX' mortuus et sepultus [St. Andrew]
EGO SVM VERMIS Z NON HOMO ps 21 [King David - source: Psalm 21:7]
david
[bead VII] SCAM ECCLESIA' CATHOLICA' SATORV CO' 10 [St. Simon]
symon
CONSVMMABO TESTAMENTV NOVV ihe 31 [Jeremiah - source: Hebrews 8:8]
ihereias
jam nova pgenies celo demitti alto [sibyl]
[bead VIII] DESCENDIT AD INFERNA [St. Philip]
phs
EDVSIT VINCTOS DE LACV zacha 9 [Zachariah 9:11]
zachariah
[bead IX] CREDO IN DEV' PREM OMNIPOTETE' creatorem celi et terre [St. Peter]
pieter
AVDI YSRAEL DMS DEVS TV' VM' E' VII deuter [Moses - source: Deuteronomy 6:3]
mosy
deus lux est et tenebre in es no sinit ulle [Christ Child]
[bead X] CREDO IN SPIRITVM SANCTVM [St. James the Lesser]
jacob mi'
EFFVNDAM DE SPIRITV MEO SR' OMN CARIVE johel 2 [Joel 2:28]
johel
quomo put hec fieri autycode [sibyl]
Published References
James Gow Mann, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Gothic Art in Europe (c. 1200-c. 1500) (London: Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1936); Joan Evans, A History of Jewellery 1100-1870 (London: Faber and Faber, 1970); Richard Marks, Two Early Sixteenth Century Boxwood Carvings Associated with the Glymes Family of Bergen op Zoom (Oud Holland, 91, 1977, pp 131-142)