I'm not religious, I'm open to the idea of religion, I just don't believe in anything without definitive proof, though there's something i find quite beautiful about this item of jewellery, though it appears quite morbid...
It’s a rosary from 1500-25. Each bead of the rosary represents the bust of a well-fed burgher or maiden on one side, and a skeleton on the other. The terminals, even more graphically, show the head of a deceased man, with half the image eaten away from decay. Such images served as reminders that life is fleeting and that leading a virtuous life as a faithful Christian is key to salvation.
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