A Modern Book of Hours

By Cherry Denman

Book Overview

This book of hours uses selections from world literature, philosophy and human thought and the theologies of the West and East. The themes range from natural laws and the changing of the seasons to faith and doubt to the progress of human life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821217518
• ISBN13: 9780821217511
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Bulfinch Pr
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

A jewel of a book

Every now and then you come across a little treasure, and that is exactly what this book is. Full of wonderful thoughts and delightful illustrations that just make you happy to be alive and in this world full of wonder. Yes, I am rhapsodizing, but it is seldom one finds something so charming and refreshing. It will do your soul good!"Words are not crystal, transparent and unchanged; they are the skin of living thoughts and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which they are used." --Oliver Wendell Holmes"What is true in the lamplight is not always true in the sunlight." --Joseph Joubert

Her illustrations capture what it is to be human.

Thoughts from history's great poets and thinkers - arranged around the hours of the day - symbolize the stages of our lives. Whimsical, fearful, loving, and foolish, the Medieval people populating Denman's world are lovable because they are us. Great detail and imagination in her soft, perfect portraits. My thanks to illustrator Cherry Denman, from Edie De Avila