tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116934286156445335.post6393578161370685015..comments2023-11-03T22:10:31.991+13:00Comments on Vicky English's Camelot and Other Stuff: Prayer BeadsVickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651106209473639029noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116934286156445335.post-73809830305535813042021-10-16T09:25:14.200+13:002021-10-16T09:25:14.200+13:00https://www.passportsservices.com/https://www.passportsservices.com/Dariusihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09832949733118431250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116934286156445335.post-87356032220880220032010-10-30T13:25:20.899+13:002010-10-30T13:25:20.899+13:00Henry VIII indeed had a string of elaborately carv...Henry VIII indeed had a string of elaborately carved boxwood beads, the largest of which opens like the one you have illustrated. It's called the Chatsworth Paternoster and is usually on display at Chatsworth. See the article at: http://paternosters.blogspot.com/2004/12/chatsworth-paternoster.htmlChris Laninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07574568785133002628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116934286156445335.post-41897083072263063642010-10-29T18:10:23.130+13:002010-10-29T18:10:23.130+13:00Victoria, depending on which branch of Buddhism yo...Victoria, depending on which branch of Buddhism you follow, there are various mantras that were required to be repeted. Most of the short chains of prayer beads I found in China (I brought home a couple) had 19 beads, including a "marker" bead to start the set. The ones I love best are hazel-nut size ones I bought in Datong at a market near the famous hanging temple. Don't know if you've every been to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing (the round thing with the blue roof), but the square out front has a fascinating prayer mosaic that's also broken into 19 segments. Not sure what the 19 is about.<br /><br />Susan, the comment about memorisation is interesting. We do it so little today that we forget what an important part it was of earlier cultures!Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00651106209473639029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116934286156445335.post-34375252227604914312010-10-28T06:04:37.121+13:002010-10-28T06:04:37.121+13:00Thanks for some extra tidbits of information. Wha...Thanks for some extra tidbits of information. What I also find interesting is what is implied in the creation of the beads: that there were some monks who knew the Psalms off by heart. Also many early missionaries, of course, went forth armed with whole books of the Bible committed to memory. It's an amazing testimony to the faculty of memory which we don't exploit much nowadays (and is also useful information for the medieval novelist!)The Runcible Penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404638468437546854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116934286156445335.post-62649050498996525892010-10-26T01:02:04.167+13:002010-10-26T01:02:04.167+13:00Fascinating. I've got to do some research on B...Fascinating. I've got to do some research on Buddhism, so this was timely. Thanks! :)Victoria Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012092208934951963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116934286156445335.post-36640235158568137082010-10-25T13:06:57.801+13:002010-10-25T13:06:57.801+13:00Great post, Vicki, and you know how timely for me!...Great post, Vicki, and you know how timely for me!Miriam Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208119527355801511noreply@blogger.com