Artist: Unknown Artist/Maker (German, 18Th Century)
Date: 1900
Size: 9 x 6 cm
Museum: Museum Of Christian Art (Goa, India)
Technique: Enamel
In 1206, while attempting to convert the Albigensians back to the Catholic faith, Saint Dominic received a vision of the Blessed Virgin, who gave him the Rosary as an aid in his mission. Over the years, the rosary, arranged into groups of Ave Maria and Paternosters, became an aid for laymen and women, who could use the rosary beads as a cue to count the recited prayers even if they could not read and write. The rosaries originally consisted of cords tied with knots. However, later on they were made of gold, silver, gemstones, amber, coral and many other precious materials.This rosary made of coral and enamel, probably belonged to Celisa Quadros, as is evident from the engraving on the pendant cross of the Rosary. It is threaded on a gold chain which can barely be seen among the 150 Ave Marias and the 16 Paternosters, separated by short rods. The execution of the Salve Regina and the pendant Latin cross, picked out in coral cones, is particularly interesting. The cross has a delicate border of blue and green enamel with a design of bunches of grapes and vine leaves, in a clear allusion to wine – the blood of Christ.
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