rosary date question

[gods country girl]

i found this rosary ( or most of it anyway ) , there is roman numerals on the back.They are MLXCCD with an X under it .Is this a date ?? there are no other markings at at all. I have the other pieces i found not included in the pics

 

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[Mackaydon]

No, it isn't a date as one would normally be written in Roman numerals.
M= 1000; L= 50; X= 10; C= 100; D= 500
Are there any markings on the clasp?

 

[gods country girl]

no orther markings at all

what do the roman numerals mean ?

 

[Breezie]

I don't know the answer to your question, but in the history of the rosary the numbers 150, 100, and 50 are important. The church wanted the recitation of all 150 psalms. When this proved too long of a task, the psalter was split into three parts, so 50 psalms were recited at any one time. These numbers - 150, 100, and 50 thus became important to the development of the rosary.

Nice find, Breezie

 

[trikikiwi]

A very cool find.
A quick google and;
to my limited Roman Numeral knowledge - the MLXCCD appears to me, to be more like a Bar Code than a recognizable number.
Alternatively, I have tried various interpretations of the 'knowledge' and have three suggestions;
1240
1360
1540
As one of the following links advises; with the additional X below all the other numerals, you have to multiply the above number by (in this case) 10.

http://www.combs-families.org/combs/reference/romannumerals.htm

http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html

Cheers, (Late Night) Mike

 

[gods country girl]

Thanks for the links

any guesses on how old it could be?

I found it at an early 1800's home site

 

[bradyboy]

If it was me, I sure would make an effort to find its owner
Brady

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Good info guys.

I love that NIC: Gods Country Girl

Very cool

 

[trikikiwi]

If it was me, I sure would make an effort to find its owner
Brady

With respect, I have to ask what would you do, to find the item's owner?


I don't know if it's a 'dug' find or not - if it is, then it's in remarkable condition.
If not dug, it could be quite old.
My gut feeling is - between 1900 and 1960

Mike

 

[gods country girl]

yess i dug it up ,it was in a little rotted leather purse , so it was all that dirty.I dug it within what i believe is the old foundation.there is so much junk there , it takes forever to haul the garbage out of an area to be able to detect.Lots of old bottles cans and other misc junk, not to mention the remains of some very old ice boxes , stoves, dishes etc.not sure how i'd find the owner ,the landowner hasn't been to this site in 25 years and doesn't know who even lived in the house that used to be there.he bought the land to use for hunting and never gets to this area.on the good side i am allowed to dig any where i want on his land

 

[warsawdaddy]

I would say '40's.Having attended catholic schools during that period,I have seen rosarys in the little carrying case that some girls had.More expensive than most at that time.

 

[Lucas]

Yeah I would say 1900-1950.

FWIW, the Mary medal (heart shape) comes in about 1800, older ones just have a link, no medal.

 

[warsawdaddy]

It probabbly has also been blessed by a priest.

 

[comfortablynumb]

I'm thinking it may have been issued as part of the "CCD" or Catholic Christian Doctrine program. These were after-school programs for Catholic students that attended public schools. I'm working on the MLX (could be the name of the church or school that sponsored the CCD program).

Rosary's were issued to students in the CCD program to recognize certain benchmarks in the program (1st communion, confirmation).

Just a hunch back from my parochial school days.

 

[Lucas]

It probabbly has also been blessed by a priest.

99.9% probability.

 

[Moe (fl)]

I think MLXCCD is out of order but it could be for 1760

MDCCLX

try this website: http://www.rosaryworkshop.com/MUSEUM-AntRosary-Index.htm