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Vol.. XXIX.] DECEMBER, 1918. [No. IV.

THE ROSARY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION.

HY WINIFRED S. Kl.ACKMAN.

{Read before the Society, November 20th, 191 8.)

I HAVE been recently engaged at the Pitt- Rivers Museum, Oxford, in labelling, cataloguing and arranging a collection of rosaries, a large part of which formed the Tylor collection, presented to the Pitt-Rivers Museum by Sir Edward Tylor shortly before his death. This very interesting piece of work was entrusted to me by the Curator, Mr. Henry Balfour, and I desire to take this opportunity of thanking him, not only for giving me the chance of doing such an instructive and fascinating piece of work, but also for much kindly help and guidance in many ways, amongst others, for reading through the whole of the MS. of my article on Rosaries which I have written for Dr. James Hastings' Encyclopcedia of Religion and Ethics. The paper which I have the honour of reading to this Society and my article for the above-mentioned encyclopaedia are based on the collection of rosaries at the Pitt-Rivers Museum.

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