This new “audiovisual” prayer from 1962 “dramatized” the rosary and hoped to create an immersive form of prayer. In the archive, I could explore how praying the rosary did not just feel like touching ...

The use of prayer beads recedes into the earliest years of Christianity. In the 4th century, Paul the Hermit tallied his 300 prayers a day by collecting 300 pebbles and discarding them one at a time.

Wooden prayer beads owned by Suliaman El-Hadi, late 20th century. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Qaddafi El-Hadi in memory of ...

PHILADELPHIA — In a collection of rosaries that numbers 860, the prayer beads that started it all look like supporting players amid the headliners. There are the shimmering (with garnet beads ...

Oldest prayer beads found in Britain to go on display at Lindisfarne Priory The necklace dates from between the 8th and 9th century and is made from salmon vertebrae.