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

Miniature Altarpiece: Virgin in the Sun

Triptych reliquary corpus: Virgin of the Rosary; Interior left wing: St. Barbara standing by her tower holding a sword as a symbol of her martyrdom and an eagle (?); Interior right wing: St. Catherine stands beside a broken wheel holding a sword as a symbol of her martyrdom and a hooded falcon as a symbol of her noble birth; Exterior left wing: St. Christopher carries the Christ Child through the water; Exterior right wing: St. George stands above a vanquished dragon; reliquary compartment: St. John the Evangelist stands holding a chalice

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