Decade Rosary

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

Decade Rosary

Paternoster, Ten Apostle Ave Beads, Crucifix, and Finger Ring

Paternoster: exterior - Gothic tracery;
Interior upper: Celestial Jerusalem with Christ presiding over Last Judgement with St. Matthew on left, Job on right;
Interior lower: Cleansing of Naaman with St. Jude seated by River Jordan

Bead B: members of church; Good Samaritan?

Bead C: Baptism of Christ; Pentecost

Bead D: Last Judgement; Judgement of Solomon

Bead E: Ascension; Transfiguration; murder of Amos by Amaziah, priest of Bethel

Rosary

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

Last Judgement

Memento mori; coffin with ridged cover; carved in low relief with cruciform designs; opens to show two hinged leaves. One opens sideways and has carved on the inside devils with the damned and on the outside the saved souls beneath Christ seated in judgement. The inner leaf opens downwards and has on the outside more damned figures and devils, and opens to reveal within the cavity a naked chained figure of a man against a background of flames. He has a finger to his lips. Inside the open leaf is a scroll with inscription in Latin in black letters and initial letters in red.

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