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Books > Christianity > Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals
A pair of leaves recently acquired by Houghton Library presents
an opportunity to examine the illuminated sequence composed in
honor of John the Evangelist, Verbum dei, deo natum, within its
broader cultural context. Written and illuminated at the Dominican
nunnery of Paradies bei Soest in Westfalia as part of a set of
liturgical books that are among the most elaborate of their kind
from the entire Middle Ages, the richly decorated fragments promise
to transform our understanding of the special place of Christ's
"beloved disciple" in 14th-century art, liturgy, theology, and
mysticism. In addition to an introduction on art and liturgy in the
Middle Ages, the interdisciplinary collection of essays includes
contributions by musicologists, philologists and art
historians.
Songs of Praise was first published in 1925, and is still an
immensely popular hymnbook, particularly in schools. The
compilation falls into two parts: Book 1 contains hymns grouped by
subject and theme, together with a selection of verses, canticles
and doxologies; Book 2 contains general hymns listed alphabetically
by first line.
Based on the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, this
second in a series of three volumes provides resources for an
entire year of sermons and offers practical help for preachers and
others who use the Revised Common Lectionary. Beginning with
Advent, this unique and comprehensive resource deals with
lectionary texts for Year C. Each of the four texts--the Old
Testament, Psalter, Gospel, and Epistle--for each Sunday and
important festival day, including Christmas, Ash Wednesday, and
Good Friday, is treated. A brief introduction for the day indicates
the general thrust of the texts and the relationships among them,
emphasizing in interpretation of the texts themselves. Also
included are suggestions concerning the implications of the texts
for life today.
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