THE PRAYER BOOK PSALTER

A Hospital Prayer Book

Birds in the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg

The miniatures of the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg incorporate many birds among the leaves and tendrils of their margins, and occasionally another small animal, such as a rabbit or a butterfly. The birds are surprisingly numerous there are almost two hundred, all very small, usually three-eighths of an inch or less in size. Despite their tiny dimensions, well over half these birds are pai...

Death in Imam Sajjad`s complete prayer book

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Eschatology of the Psalter

There are certain editions of the New Testament which by way of appendix contain the Psalter, an arrangement obviously intended to serve the convenience of devotion. It has, however, the curious result of bringing the Apocalypse and the Psalms into immediate proximity. On first thought it might seem that scarcely two more diverse things could be put together. The storm-ridden landscape of the A...

The Hospital Prayer-Books