Question about an unusual rosary

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I’m never sure where to post a question, so hopefully this is the correct place for this one! I’m a leader in an RCIA Inquirer’s Class, and last night we discussed prayer. One of the Inquirer’s had a beautiful rosary, given to her by a Sister, that had 15 beads on each decade (guess it isn’t actually a decade with 15 beads :p). The Inquirer was wondering what type of rosary this was, and why there were 15 beads…and I can’t seem to find an answer for her. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks!!!
 
How many decades were there?

Edit: Was the total amount of beads 15? If so it is an infant Jesus of Prague rosary (I think).
 
marbleartist said:
I’m never sure where to post a question, so hopefully this is the correct place for this one! I’m a leader in an RCIA Inquirer’s Class, and last night we discussed prayer. One of the Inquirer’s had a beautiful rosary, given to her by a Sister, that had 15 beads on each decade (guess it isn’t actually a decade with 15 beads :p). The Inquirer was wondering what type of rosary this was, and why there were 15 beads…and I can’t seem to find an answer for her. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks!!!
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I’ve never heard of this.
 
Could it have been a komboskini or similar rope used by Eastern Catholics and Orthodox?
 
Let me describe it a little more in depth. The rosary was crystal glass. The beads between the crucifix and the centerpiece were the same as any other rosary. After the centerpiece, there were the usual 5 “decades” only each decade had 15 beads, then an Our Father bead, then another 15 beads- around the circle going back to the centerpiece. I don’t know if this is some kind of elongated rosary with 15 Hail Mary’s per mystery or if there are additional prayers prayed on the extra 5 beads per decade or :confused: I really appreciate any help you can give- both of us who lead Inquirer’s had never seen a rosary like this!
 
marbleartist said:
Let me describe it a little more in depth. The rosary was crystal glass. The beads between the crucifix and the centerpiece were the same as any other rosary. After the centerpiece, there were the usual 5 “decades” only each decade had 15 beads, then an Our Father bead, then another 15 beads- around the circle going back to the centerpiece. I don’t know if this is some kind of elongated rosary with 15 Hail Mary’s per mystery or if there are additional prayers prayed on the extra 5 beads per decade or :confused: I really appreciate any help you can give- both of us who lead Inquirer’s had never seen a rosary like this!
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Probably some kind of chaplet. Some are listed at rosaryshop.com/resources.php/request/unusual but I don’t see what you describe.

-Tim-
 
Timothy H., although I didn’t find the rosary in the links you provided, I did find some fascinating rosaries!! Those are great links. Thank you! After looking at the unusual rosaries, I now also have a better way to describe this rosary in question. It has 5 sets of 15 beads each, separated by Our Father beads. I hope that will further clarify and hopefully help identify it.
 
marbleartist said:
Timothy H., although I didn’t find the rosary in the links you provided, I did find some fascinating rosaries!! Those are great links. Thank you! After looking at the unusual rosaries, I now also have a better way to describe this rosary in question. It has 5 sets of 15 beads each, separated by Our Father beads. I hope that will further clarify and hopefully help identify it.
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I’ve seen some chaplets but that doesn’t ring a bell. 🤷

It would be nice to see a pic. Chaplets and rosaries are a curiosity for me.

-Tim-
 
I will ask the Inquirer to bring it to class again next week and I’ll take a picture. It is a beautiful rosary but definitely unusual with 15 beads per decade!
 
marbleartist said:
I will ask the Inquirer to bring it to class again next week and I’ll take a picture. It is a beautiful rosary but definitely unusual with 15 beads per decade!
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Will be interesting to find out, God Bless, Memaw
 
It must be an older Rosary. Until the year 2000 with the addition of the Luminous Mysteries, The Rosary had fifteen decades instead of twenty.
 
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It must be an older Rosary. Until the year 2000 with the addition of the Luminous Mysteries, The Rosary had fifteen decades instead of twenty.
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But the standard Rosary still has ten Aves per decade. The OP’s chaplet has fifteen Ave beads per decade.
 
I found this: aquinasandmore.com/catholic-articles/what-are-the-different-types-of-rosaries/article/131/sort/relevance/productsperpage/12/layout/grid/currentpage/1/keywords/rosary

The Franciscan Rosary can refer to two different rosaries associated with the Franciscan order. One is the Franciscan Crown, sometimes called a seven decade rosary. As the name suggests, it consists of 7 decades, rather than 5, plus two additional Hail Mary beads, for a total of 72 Hail Mary beads. When praying the Franciscan Crown rosary, one is to meditate on the seven joys of Mary, one joy per each decade. The seven joys are the Annunciation, the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth, the Nativity of Jesus, Epiphany, the presentation of Jesus in the temple, the Resurrection of Jesus, and the Assumption & coronation of Mary.

The Franciscan Rosary can also refer to a fifteen-decade rosary. Prior to 2002, when Pope John Paul II instituted the addition of the 5 luminous mysteries, the three sets of the mysteries of the rosary (glorious, sorrowful, and joyful) added up to a total of 15 mysteries. When one would pray a fifteen decade rosary, all fifteen mysteries were meditated upon. One could simply use a standard size rosary and continue around the loop to pray the full fifteen, or now twenty, decades, but a strand of rosary beads consisting of 15 decades of beads was common as well. Franciscan rosary is also a term that may be used to describe a standard five decade rosary with a Franciscan Tau cross in place of the crucifix many are accustomed to seeing.
 
The OP’s chaplet is not a fifteen-decade rosary!

Fifteen-decade rosaries are quite common, especially among religious. They are part of the Dominican friars’ habit, for example. But that is definitely not what the OP is holding here.
 
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