.gf { font-family : constantia, georgia, serif; line-height : 0.8; } .gf sup { position : relative; top : -1px; font-size : 82.5% !important; margin : 0; padding : 0; } .gf sub { position : relative; bottom : 1px; font-size : 82.5% !important; margin : 0; padding : 0; } .mphsis {font-size : 108%; } .footnote {margin: 0px 12px; font-size: 80%; line-height: 95%; text-align: justify;} .footnote p {text-indent: 12px; text-align: justify;} It isn't often that one comes across enough old padre beads at one time to make a rosary. These were a real find. The antique Bohemian glass padre beads are hand-knotted with African coconut shell spacers on Irish linen bootlace. The stations of the rosary are antique Venetian glass king beads with stripe and eye patterns. Length: 60 inches The cross is an antique from Ethiopia, about 2 inches by 3 inches. It was made from Ethiopian silver coins melted down when the currency was devalued in the late 1800s. The coins became more valuable as metal than as money.
