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Description: | Lead alloy bead. Cast spherical bead with a drilled stringing hole of diameter 4mm. The surface is dark, possibly oiled or polished by wear and handling, and this may also explain a slight irregularity in the form. The most likely function is as a Paternoster [Our Father] bead from a rosary, which marked intervals in the decades [i.e. groups of ten] of smaller beads for the recital of the Ave Maria [Hail Mary]. The use of these Roman Catholic prayer beads became a widespread devotion in the later medieval period, and ended in England with the Reformation. Suggested date: Medieval to Early Post-Medieval, 1300-1550.Diameter: 12.2mm, Weight: 8.20gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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