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Description: | Copper alloy bead. Cast annular bead with a central drilled aperture now of diameter 4.7mm, though enlarged by wear. The outer surface is also smoothed, more markedly on one side, and this may suggest a use as a paternoster bead from a rosary. The devotion of the Rosary is traditionally associated with the Dominican Order founded in the 13th century, but its greatest popularity was probably in the later medieval period as an aspect of devotional practice open to the laity. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1500.Diameter: 11mm, Thickness: 4.9mm, Weight: 2.12gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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