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    "localId": "129850",
    "label": "Beads from a Rosary",
    "core": "obj",
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    "id": "129850",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Beads from a Rosary",
    "description": "Rosaries were devices for counting a sequence of prayers and were the proud possessions of the elite, along with their books of hours. In paintings and miniatures they are often shown looped through the belts of their owners.",
    "date": "early 1500s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.277",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.277/1952.277_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Average: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy, early 16th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1952.277"
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    "tec": "gilt copper with champlevé enamel",
    "tombstone": "Beads from a Rosary, early 1500s. Italy, early 16th century. Gilt copper with champlevé enamel ; average: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1952.277",
    "collection": "MED - Gothic",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "National Gallery (Great Britain), and Nicholas Penny. <em>The Sixteenth Century Italian Paintings</em>. London: National Gallery Co, 2004",
            "page_number": "p. 13, fig. 2"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Jäger, Moritz. <em>Mit Bildern beten: Bildrosenkränze, Wundenringe, Stundengebetsanhänger (1413-1600) Andachtsschmuck im Kontext spätmittelalterlicher und frühneuzeitlicher Frömmigkeit.</em> Gießen: Universitätsbibliothek, 2012."
        },
        {
            "citation": "Gaimster, David. <em>Ashgate Research Companion to Material Culture in Early Modern Europe</em>. [Place of publication not identified]: Routledge, 2016."
        },
        {
            "citation": "Corry, Maya, Deborah Howard, and Mary Laven. <em>Madonnas &amp; Miracles: The Holy Home in Renaissance Italy</em>. London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2017.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p.126, fig. 45"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Foschi, Pier Francesco, and Nelda Damiano. Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence. <br>Athens : Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 2023.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 222-223"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.277",
    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:42:01.636000",
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    "sourceId": 129850,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Gothic",
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}

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