Hidden Mysteries

This rosary looks pretty ordinary. Nice glass beads, an average trefoi crucifix, run of the mill miraculous medal, and a typical center medal - just your everyday rosary right? Wrong.

Within the center medal of this rosary are a set of sliding panels that list the 15 Mysteries of the Rosary. (Notice I said 15 mysteries and not 20. This rosary was made before Pope John Paul II added the Luminous Mysteries to the Rosary in the apostolic letter that this blog is named after.) The center medal has a patent on it, but it was patented before 1970 the patent office database is only searchable by patent number pre-1970 so I haven't been able to get much information on who invented it. It is definitely on of the most unique and ingenious rosaries I have ever seen.