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You can tell
each of the
tiny skull
beads are
individually
made by hand
as each
little skull
is
different.
Tibetan
Monks
started
carving
these
centuries
ago to
remind us
that life is
temporal and
we must make
the most of
every day,
and practice
the right
way of
living
always.
A famous
picture
showing a
small skull
hanging from
a rosary on
a nuns habit
is called
The Vale of
Rest by the
Pre-Raphaelites
painter Sir
John Everitt
Millais.
This rosary
also
includes
olive wood
and the
bronze
crucifix,
Jesus
surrounded
by 12 angels
is solid
bronze
and cast
from a
vintage
piece - a
Peruvian
crucifix
from the
1800's |
