(slideshow) This tiny 16th-century rosary bead has 5 scenes from the Bible carved into it - Page 6

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Latin inscriptions from the Bible

Around the exterior of the upper half of the bead are carved the words LEVEMVS CORDA NOSTRA CVM MANIBVS AD D[o]MIN[e] C[o]E[los] (Let us raise our hearts together with our hands to the Lord in heaven [Lamentations 3:41]). Around the exterior of the lower half: ATTENDITE [et] VIDETE SI EST DOLOR SICVT DOLOR MEV[s]. (Attend, and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow [Lamentations 1:12]).

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