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Expertly cut micro faceted Ametrine (Amethyst & Citrine) from Brazilian rough makes this genuine Irish Penal Rosary. 8mm faceted rondelles wrapped in sterling and accented with handmade sterling bead caps finish the Aves. Large pear shaped Ametrine capped in a gorgeous handmade sterling cone caps. A recast of an Irish Penal Crucifix (see below for History) is attached with a Jubilee St. Benedict and St. Michael the Archangel medals side by side. A sterling key ring is used for this authentic Rosary. A unique heirloom that adds protection to prayer.
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Irish Penal Crucifix
Penal crosses are a uniquely Irish cross, a response to the penal laws enacted by British Anglican rule from 1693 to 1829 that prohibited Catholics from worshipping. This included possession of a crucifix. This cross was made with short arms so it could be concealed within a shirt or coat sleeve. Most were carved wood. Symbols of the passion are always included.
There are three obvious symbols of the passion placed around Our Lord's body. These are a spear, ladder and a cock and a pot. The spear was used to pierce Our Lord's side by a Roman soldier. The ladder is a symbol associated with the act of crucifixion itself and the taking down of Christ's body from the cross. On penal crosses it is always on the left side of the lower shaft. The cock and the pot represents the story of when Judas went home to his wife and told her how scared he was that Jesus might seek revenge when he comes back from the dead. She told him that there was no more chance of Jesus rising from the dead than there was the cock they were having for dinner jumping out of the pot. No sooner had she said this when the cock jumped out. This is why the cock is always carved higher up on the shaft than the pot.
All penal crosses are more or less the same because they all originated in the vicinity of Lough Derg. They were sold to the pilgrims for use during the devotions and were brought home as souvenirs. Apart from the obvious three there should be ten other symbols. These were three dice, a hammer and pincers, a sun, moon and stars, a halo, a chalice, Veronica's veil, a skull and crossed bones or a cherub's head, three nails, the scourges and the cords. The dice were used by the Roman soldiers to decide who would win Jesus' clothing. The hammer was used to impale Jesus' hands and feet and the pincers was used to pull them out again. The sun was usually to the right of the cross and the moon to the left. Usually the sun is shown as a rayed disc, the moon as a crescent and they both may have human features. The halo was that of Christ and the chalice was used at the last super In early representations Veronica's veil is often displayed fastened to two staves and bearing the impression of the Sacred Countenance. The skull and crossed bones like the other symbols are associated with the passion. It is found on many of the seventeenth-century chalices and on a number of the older tombs. In more elaborate arrangements of the Passion symbols two or three scourges are shown. They are provided with short moulded handles and lashes consisting of three or four cords or thongs. The cords were used to bind Our Lord to the pillar. They hang from the left arm of the cross where they appear more or less parallel sloping down and outwards from Christ's wrist.
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