Reproducing in their iconographic setting the classical models inherent in such depictions, they represent
– the 5 joyful mysteries with scenes from the Gospel accounts of the birth and childhood of Jesus;
– the 5 sorrowful mysteries with scenes from the passion and death of Jesus;
– the 5 glorious mysteries depicting the events of the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus, Pentecost and the Assumption and Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.