http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/ Historical Rosaries & Paternosters Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:40:33 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2059 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2059 Just a few reminders from your list moderator :) [Paternosters] is an e-mail list for people interested in historical rosaries, paternosters, and other prayer Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:33:41 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2058 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2058 Just a few reminders from your list moderator :) [Paternosters] is an e-mail list for people interested in historical rosaries, paternosters, and other prayer Wed, 27 May 2009 00:38:42 GMT Cyndi Maners http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2057 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2057 That was incredible. Thank you sooo much! cyndi Wed, 20 May 2009 13:54:13 GMT Carowyn Silveroak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2056 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2056 Greetings! http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/5956 Page 158, take a look at the illustration - neat! -Carowyn Thu, 14 May 2009 05:57:02 GMT Lianor de Najera http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2055 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2055 Ah....it all becomes clear now. ;-) En Servicio, Lianor de Najera Sable Minotaur Pursuivant Thu, 14 May 2009 02:32:13 GMT Chris Laning http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2054 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2054 ... That's because I have good wire cutters and I'm not afraid to use them ;) so I cut the loops off. I generally sit down and to a bunch all at once so I Thu, 14 May 2009 01:04:42 GMT Sorcha http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2053 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2053 Try this web page... http://www.firemountaingems.com/search.asp?skw=clam+shell   The top two are copper, but they are close to what Christian uses.  I have Wed, 13 May 2009 07:57:17 GMT Lianor de Najera http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2052 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2052 That's actually different from what she was talking about...see: http://paternosters.blogspot.com/2005/02/simple-rosary-instructions.html En Servicio, Lianor Wed, 13 May 2009 07:49:49 GMT Denise McMahon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2051 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2051 Fire Mountain Gems. http://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H204921NB -Rowan B. ... Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. Samuel Johnson Wed, 13 May 2009 07:25:00 GMT Lianor de Najera http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2050 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2050 Hmmm...looking into this further, all the clamshell findings I see seem to have loops on them (which your drawing doesn't). Where do you find those? Thanks! Sat, 09 May 2009 10:40:32 GMT Mary Kearney http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2049 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2049 A week or so ago some one was looking for a "Crusade" rosary. I knew I had seen the painting of the Hospitallers sitting with an in-line string of beads and Mon, 04 May 2009 20:08:42 GMT Michelle Ziegler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2048 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2048 Thanks for the links to my blogs.... I'm usually reading along here and Chris' blog too. Michelle ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Mon, 04 May 2009 16:55:10 GMT prayerbedes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2047 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2047 In doing some research today, I ran across these sites. The second one quotes Chris Lanning. =) http://psalterstudies.wordpress.com/bead-and-book/ Mon, 04 May 2009 04:07:48 GMT Chris Laning http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2046 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2046 ... Crosses like that were certainly still around in the 16th century. I can't think of any reason offhand not to use one on a rosary/ paternoster from that Mon, 04 May 2009 02:39:39 GMT Elizabeth Walpole http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2045 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paternosters/message/2045 Hello all, I am considering making a later 16th century rosary* (probably in the modern Y shaped configuration, but possibly just a circle) I've made a couple