10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOOK OF HOURS»
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book of hours in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
book of hours and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Gnostic
Book of Hours: Keys to Inner Wisdom
In this book, June Singer is a modern scribe of ancient wisdom, helping us discover that common ground and eternal anchor within each of us -- the divine spark that the early Gnostics taught is within every being.
Marianne Boruch's patience "allows her to see what is there with a jeweler's sense of facet and flaw" ("Poetry" magazine).
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Rilke's
Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
Rilke's Book of Hours is the invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world, and a work that seems remarkably prescient today, one hundred years after it was written.
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The
Book of Hours: Prayers to a Lowly God
Provides a bilingual collection of work comprised of such important works as "The Book of the Monkish Life," "The Book of Pilgrimage," and "The Book of Poverty and Death." Reprint.
Rainer Maria Rilke, Annemarie S. Kidder, 2001
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A Catholic
Book of Hours and Other Devotions
Storey's new compilation of "The Liturgy of the Hours" is presented in language that is both dignified and contemporary, crafted in accordance with Vatican II's liturgical emphasis and promotion of scriptural prayer.
William George Storey, 2007
A Book of Hours allows for a slice of monastic contemplation in the midst of hectic modern life, with psalms, prayers, readings, and reflections.
Thomas Merton, Kathleen Deignan, 2007
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An Everyday
Book of Hours
Intended for individuals and groups who want to taste the venerable tradition of using scripture to offer praise, thanksgiving and intercessions at dawn and sunset, this new book provides a four-week cycle of prayer.
William George Storey, 2001
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Book of Hours: A Wordless Novel Told in 99 Wood Engravings
The "Book of Hours" draws us back through time and into the intimate routines of daily life in the hours before the onslaught of 9/11.
9
The
Book of Hours: A Novel
Castle Priory is a crumbling Oxfordshire mansion, one Brian Blackstone's wife considered a place of extraordinary enchantment.
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All the Time in the World: A Book of Hours
All the Time in the World takes its cue from an iconic component of medieval life, the book of hours, which prescribed certain readings and contemplations for certain parts of the day throughout the year.
Jessica Kerwin Jenkins, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOOK OF HOURS»
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book of hours is used in the context of the following news items.
The Big List, the June report
"Book of Hours," Green Pajamas (1987) - A few years later, when Seattle became a national musical hotbed, I was convinced someone would ... «Herald & Review, Jul 15»
How a conservator spent eight months fixing a 545-year-old book
The hand-copied manuscript is a book of hours, a devotional text of biblical excerpts, prayers and psalms in Latin, prefaced by a calendar, often ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
Roger S. Wieck to Head the Morgan Library's Department of …
Wieck's 1997 Morgan exhibition, Medieval Bestseller: The Book of Hours, traveled to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, TX, the Saint Louis ... «Fine Books & Collections Magazine, Jun 15»
Curator Patrick McGrady to give 'Flora and Fauna' gallery talk June 12
Also on view are numerous earlier examples of flora and fauna, including several sheets from an early sixteenth-century Flemish Book of Hours ... «Penn State News, Jun 15»
Gang Gang May 25 - Book of Hours
Virgin and Child on a crescent moon and The seven joys of the Virgin in the Rothschild Prayer Book. Photo: National Library of Australia. «The Canberra Times, May 15»
'The Millionaire and the Bard,' by Andrea E. Mays
The contemporary British collector Alfred Henry Huth, who possessed a First Folio that Folger coveted, also owned a ravishing “Book of Hours” ... «New York Times, May 15»
St. Thomas More's last book
It actually comprises two printed books: a book of Hours and a Psalter. Printed in 1522 and 1525 in Paris for the English market, the books retain their original ... «Yale Alumni Magazine, May 15»
Rare book of hours 'tied to our history'
One of the most important books in existence, and the only one of its kind in private hands, the 500-year-old Rothschild Prayer Book will go on ... «The Australian, May 15»
Prayer book owned by Richard III on display in Leicester museum
Made of parchment and beautifully decorated, the Book of Hours was created in London in 1420, with handwritten prayers added for King ... «Leicester Mercury, Mar 15»
'From Pen to Press' at the Walters has us thinking about the future of …
Illustration from the "Book of Hours" manuscript that was commissioned almost 200 years after the printing press (1623); handwritten on ... «Baltimore City Paper, Mar 15»
