#memento mori rosary

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[theancientwayoflife]

~ Rosary Bead. Pendant, memento mori from a chaplet or rosary.

Date: ca. 1520-1530

Medium: Carved elephant ivory with traces of red and black paint.

[worldhistoryfacts]

One last memento mori -- an unsettling rosary bead, with a small sculpture of two young, prosperous lovers on one side and a reminder of death on the other:

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𝔎𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔫 𝔉𝔬𝔯𝔟𝔢𝔰-𝔐𝔲𝔩𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔢

[vampyrgrl]

bone rosary by vampyrgrl

[truedevotiondesign]

Memento Mori Rosary

[tinyshe]

[mercer-ad-mortem]

Via

[vsthepomegranate]

Memento Mori bead from German carved ivory and silver rosary (ea. 16th century)

[thewilliacycle]

Memento mori rosary. 16th century, Germany.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

[magdaelen]

memento mori pocket rosary

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Memento Mori bead poss, from a rosary, ivory, c.1500. France or Flanders.

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[and-her-saints]

picture this: memento mori rosary with oomfs’ wisdom teeth

[carrionhearted]

Would you consider yourself to be religious, or do you wear cross necklaces simply as an outfit accessory?

I’m not religious persay, but I absolutely adore the anthropology of religion and Christian theology in specific (I don’t yap about it quite as often because I unavoidably sound like I’m leading a Bible study every time. But it’s a big interest 😅). I collect rosaries and regard them all as little works of art, despite my… criticism of the doctrines they’re associated with.

I’m also just a stereotypical goth. Cross/ crucifix imagery in the goth scene has less to do with religion itself, and more to do with the sacred “memento mori” of it all (and as an ode to gothic architecture).

[vampyrgrl]

by vampyrgrl

[truedevotiondesign]

Memento Mori Rosary