Comments on: Illuminated Manuscripts http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/07/01/illuminated-manuscripts/ Transformative Living through Contemplative & Expressive Arts Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:29:54 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Lynne http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/07/01/illuminated-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-99304 Lynne Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:11:15 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=2820#comment-99304 Just back from Italy, and the illuminated manuscripts at San Marco in Florence made me swoon they were so lovely and meditative. Just back from Italy, and the illuminated manuscripts at San Marco in Florence made me swoon they were so lovely and meditative.

]]> By: Dottie Steele http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/07/01/illuminated-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-99299 Dottie Steele Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:38:56 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=2820#comment-99299 Your statement that in the Benedictine Monastery the library is second only to the church was impressed on me when I, along with a cohort of clergy, visited Einsiedeln, a Swiss Abbey. We were given a tour of the library with its ancient music and books. And then...the Lady Chapel. What a dream visit. Thanks for your thoughts. Your statement that in the Benedictine Monastery the library is second only to the church was impressed on me when I, along with a cohort of clergy, visited Einsiedeln, a Swiss Abbey. We were given a tour of the library with its ancient music and books. And then…the Lady Chapel. What a dream visit. Thanks for your thoughts.

]]> By: Christine http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/07/01/illuminated-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-99287 Christine Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:42:13 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=2820#comment-99287 Oh kigen, we probably did have a momentary crossing. :-) Evelyn, thank you for sharing this memory. Oh kigen, we probably did have a momentary crossing. :-)

Evelyn, thank you for sharing this memory.

]]> By: Evelyn http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/07/01/illuminated-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-99283 Evelyn Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:20:32 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=2820#comment-99283 On my first trip to Paris, I wandered into the Cluny museum and had my first look at the illuminated Book of Hours on exhibit there. The images literally took my breath away! So beautiful and such a gift to us across the centuries. On my first trip to Paris, I wandered into the Cluny museum and had my first look at the illuminated Book of Hours on exhibit there. The images literally took my breath away! So beautiful and such a gift to us across the centuries.

]]> By: kigen http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/07/01/illuminated-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-99273 kigen Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:51:40 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=2820#comment-99273 It was in the late '70s. It was in the late '70s.

]]> By: Christine http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/07/01/illuminated-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-99272 Christine Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:10:22 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=2820#comment-99272 Suz, how very sweet, thank you! lucy, yes do go to the Cloisters on your upcoming trip, it is so worth the schlep uptown! kigen, what year was it? I like to imagine that our paths crossed somehow in that space unaware. :-) Suz, how very sweet, thank you!

lucy, yes do go to the Cloisters on your upcoming trip, it is so worth the schlep uptown!

kigen, what year was it? I like to imagine that our paths crossed somehow in that space unaware. :-)

]]> By: kigen http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/07/01/illuminated-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-99271 kigen Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:43:19 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=2820#comment-99271 Christine, remember I confessed we share a mystic connection. A secret sort of — I spent a year working at the Cloisters as a babe in the woods and — with nothing more than a BFA in hand . Still, they gave me a job in the bookstore, selling museum wares. Like you the Cloisters has had a deep, vibrant resonance. Cloisters - Merode Altarpiece, attr. to Robert Campin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rode_Altarpiece love that it has a room all to itself with a wooden seat in front Christine, remember I confessed we share a mystic connection. A secret sort of — I spent a year working at the Cloisters as a babe in the woods and — with nothing more than a BFA in hand . Still, they gave me a job in the bookstore, selling museum wares. Like you the Cloisters has had a deep, vibrant resonance.

Cloisters – Merode Altarpiece, attr. to Robert Campin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rode_Altarpiece
love that it has a room all to itself with a wooden seat in front

]]> By: lucy http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/07/01/illuminated-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-99269 lucy Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:30:29 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=2820#comment-99269 thank you for sharing the article here. i am much more inclined to read directly at the abbey than to follow one more link. ( i always have good intentions. :-) ) your reminder of the cloisters came at the perfect time. i am really hoping i will get a visit in when we stop in new york for a couple of days. i know a photographer who would go nuts!!! and, i wholeheartedly agree..."that christine...well, she is just SOOOOO talented!" xxoxooxox thank you for sharing the article here. i am much more inclined to read directly at the abbey than to follow one more link. ( i always have good intentions. :-) ) your reminder of the cloisters came at the perfect time. i am really hoping i will get a visit in when we stop in new york for a couple of days. i know a photographer who would go nuts!!!

and, i wholeheartedly agree…"that christine…well, she is just SOOOOO talented!" xxoxooxox

]]> By: Suz http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/07/01/illuminated-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-99268 Suz Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:35:06 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=2820#comment-99268 I will have to find my illuminated "Book of Hours." It was from a wonderful art exhibit about ten years ago in LA, I believe. I like this idea and I think it will work for me so I am anxious to find it. Thank you, Christine. Jud was reading something on your site the other night and said, "That Christine!" When I asked him when he meant by that, he said, "Well, she is just so talented!" You are very appreciated at the Reaney household. Thanks, Christine (((hugs))) I will have to find my illuminated "Book of Hours." It was from a wonderful art exhibit about ten years ago in LA, I believe.

I like this idea and I think it will work for me so I am anxious to find it. Thank you, Christine.

Jud was reading something on your site the other night and said, "That Christine!" When I asked him when he meant by that, he said, "Well, she is just so talented!" You are very appreciated at the Reaney household.

Thanks, Christine (((hugs)))

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