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

Miniature Altarpiece

Triptych corpus: The Crucifixion, The Entombment; Left wing: The Annunciation to the Shepherds, The Adoration of the Magi, Bas relief: Candle-Bearing Angel; Right wing: The Resurrection, The Marys at the Tomb, Bas-relief: Censer-Swinging Angel; Stem: The Temptation, Adam with wild Animals in Paradise, The Explusion; Foot: The Creation of Adam, The Creation of Eve, The Creation of the animals.

Biblical Scenes

Jesse tree (2 sides parallel to blade); Annunciation above; Expulsion below: (broad face 1); Last Supper above; Abraham & Melchisedek below (broad face 2); Arrest of Christ above; Joab and Amasa (?) below (broad face 3); Crucifixion above; Brazen Serpent below (broad face 4); Annunciation to the Shepherds; Nativity (blade)

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

Corpus: Virgin in the Sun: a standing Virgin surrounding by sun rays and standing on a crescent moon holds the Christ Child while two angels crown her and two other angels kneel at her feet; Left wing: St James of Compostella stands beside a kneeling man; Right wing: St Dominic stands holding a cross and a book with a dog holding a torch at his feet; Exterior: Annunciation (angel on left wing, Virgin on right wing); Lower triptych: Resurrection with the Three Maries in the left background; Left lower wing: Nativity with the Annunciation to the Shepherds in the right background; Right lower

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