A companion book to David Konstant's "Praying the Rosary". It tells how the Rosary developed over the centuries into the form we know today. Beginning with the adoption of the rose as the symbol for Our Lady, this book traces the growth in popularity of collections of prayers or "roses" in her honour. These eventually came to be counted by beads. Later in history, particular prayers began to be associated with the Rosary based on the "Mysteries" of the New Testament. Later still, meditation also became a feature. This book contains much historical detail about the tradition of devotion to Our Lady.
- ISBN10 0006279112
- ISBN13 9780006279112
- Publish Date 20 February 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 September 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Fount
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 128
- Language English