The Mysteries of the Rosary, (sculpture).

The Mysteries of the Rosary, (sculpture).

Unknown (Italian), sculptor.

The Mysteries of the Rosary, (sculpture).

Mysteres du Rosaire, (sculpture).

Permanent Mysteries of the Rosary, (sculpture).

ca. 1954. Dedicated Aug. 15, 1954.

Plaques: Carrara white marble; Markers: Rock of Ages Barre granite; Bases: concrete, painted.

15 pieces. Each plaque: approx. 3 ft. x 4 ft. x 2 in.; Each marker: approx. 63 in. x 6 ft. x 8 in.

(Upper front of each marker, incised lettering:) (Left corner:) 1854 (Right corner:) 1954 unsigned

Fifteen numbered markers, titled in English and French, each with an inlaid relief plaque depicting a scene of one of the Mysteries of the Rosary, including: 1. "The Annunciation/L'Annociation" (with St. Gabriel and Mary); 2. "The Visitation/La Visitation," (Mary and Joseph visiting Elizabeth and Zacharias); 3. "The Nativity/La Nativite," (Mary, Joseph, and Jesus in a manger, with animals); 4. "The Presentation/La Presentation," (with Mary, Joseph, Simon, and Anna); 5. "The Finding in the Temple/Jesus Retrouve au Temple," (Jesus, Joseph, and Mary in the Temple with the doctors); 6. "The Agony/L'Agonie" (Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane); 7. "The Scourging/La Flagellation," (Jesus being whipped by two men) 8. "The Crowning with Thorns/Le Courdonnement d'Epines" (Jesus being crowned with thorns amidst a colonnade, with four men behind him).

9."The Carrying of the Cross/Le Portement de la Croix" (Jesus carrying the cross, with soldiers behind him, and meeting Mary and John); 10. "The Crucifixion/Le Crucifiement" (Jesus is crucified, with Mary and others by the base of the cross); 11. "The Resurrection/La Resurrection" (Jesus has arisen from his tomb, with two soldiers in the bottom left); 12. "The Accension/L'Ascension" (Jesus ascends to Heaven, with the eight disciples below him); 13. "The Descent of the Holy Ghost/La Descente du Saint-Espirt" (the Holy Ghost descending on Mary and the eleven apostles); 14. "The Assumption/L'Assomption" (Mary arises from her tomb into Heaven); and 15. "The Coronation/Le Couronnement" (Mary is crowned Queen of Heaven, with angels surrounding her). Lights are mounted on the markers.

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Columbia

Administered by Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Northern United States Province, RR 1, Box 521, Colebrook, New Hampshire 03576

Located Shrine of Our Lady of Grace, Route 3, West end, Columbia, New Hampshire

The plaques were carved in Italy, probably by the same artist who produced the marble plaques for the Shrine's Stations of the Cross. Novices at the Shrine erected the markers and poured the concrete bases. The granite for the markers was a gift from 22 companies in Barre, Vermont. The lights were probably added on the markers in 1991. The marker date 1954 commemorates the Marion Year of 1954; 1854 is the date of the propagation of the Doctrine of Mary's Immaculate Conception. IAS files contain detailed dimensions of each plaque, marker, and base. IAS files contain newspaper articles from Coos County Democrat dated Aug. 4, 1954 and Aug. 18, 1954; and from Manchester Union Leader, Aug. 18, 1954. IAS files contain a Shrine brochure, "Shrine of Our Lady of Grace," n.d.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994.

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