Half of a Prayer Bead with the Lamentation

Half of a Prayer Bead with the Lamentation (or Prayer Bead with the Prayer of the Rosary and the Lamentation) (MS 17.190.458a, b), refers to a pair of Gothic boxwood miniature medallions originating from Flanders around the early 16th century, probably between 1490-1530. Made from boxwood and silver, they were originally the interiors of a prayer nut (a type of prayer bead). The beads were gifted to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1917. They were formally owned by M. Charles Mannheim (1833-1910) of Paris.

Half of a Prayer Bead with the Lamentation

Half of a Prayer Bead with the Lamentation (or Prayer Bead with the Prayer of the Rosary and the Lamentation) (MS 17.190.458a, b), refers to a pair of Gothic boxwood miniature medallions originating from Flanders around the early 16th century, probably between 1490-1530. Made from boxwood and silver, they were originally the interiors of a prayer nut (a type of prayer bead). The beads were gifted to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1917. They were formally owned by M. Charles Mannheim (1833-1910) of Paris.