Rosary Bead with the Crucifixion and Resurrection

Rosary Bead with the Crucifixion and Resurrection

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The outside of each half is carved in the form of a scallop shell, the emblem of Saint James and of pilgrimages, perhaps indicating that the object was intended for use on such a journey.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rosary Bead with the Crucifixion and ResurrectionRosary Bead with the Crucifixion and ResurrectionRosary Bead with the Crucifixion and ResurrectionRosary Bead with the Crucifixion and ResurrectionRosary Bead with the Crucifixion and Resurrection

The Museum's collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world. Displayed in both The Met Fifth Avenue and in the Museum's branch in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters, the collection encompasses the art of the Mediterranean and Europe from the fall of Rome in the fourth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century. It also includes pre-medieval European works of art created during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.