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Prayer Bead of François du Puy
Not on view
The original owner of this bead, François du Puy, was an esteemed prior general of the Carthusian monastic order until his death in 1521. The unique exterior depicts seven monks kneeling before a sleeping bishop, an allusion to a revelatory dream that led to the establishment of the order. In the fourteenth century, the Carthusians first developed the cycle of prayers known as the Rosary.
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