Prayer Ropes and Rosaries

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  • 1912 Catholic Encyclopedia: (Read with caution)

  • Alexander Roman: The Historical Development of the Orthodox Prayer Rope. --- Ukrainian Orthodoxy
  • Maxime Gorce: Le Rosaire et ses Antécédents Historiques, (1931). Paris: Picard, 1931. Primary emphasis seems to be defending the tradition that Dominic originated the Western rosary around the time of the Albigensian Crusade.
  • A Monk of Mt. Athos: Comboschini -- The Prayer Rope, (1991). Blanco, Tex.: New Sarov, no date. Translated from Agioritiki Martiria Magazine, (12&13) 155.