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

Biblical Scenes

Pinnacle: Virgin and child in centre, with four reliefs making up the Holy Kinship on the inside; upper bead opens into a triptych; corpus: Nativity, Moses and the Burning Bush, Gideon and the Fleece, Flowering of Aaron's Rod; left wing: Annunciation; right wing: Presentation in the Temple; lower bead: Adoration of the Magi; exterior: Tree of Jesse

Carrying of the Cross; Crucifixion

Polyptych: Upper hemisphere: Crucifixion; left wing: Brazen serpent; right wing: Descent from the Cross, Entombment; outer wings: left: Presentation of the Virgin, right: Marriage of the Virgin; lower hemisphere: Carrying of the Cross with St. Veronica; Medallion: outer: Annunciation; inner: Nativity, Presentation, Annunciation to Joseph, Flight into Egypt, Christ in the Temple

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