Eucharistica
A book from my personal curio collection.
Eucharistica
Meditations and Prayers
From the mid 1800s.
This little hardback book of meditations and prayers is leather-bound and aged, with faded gold leaf edging.
Two beautifully illustrated pages, boldly coloured with golden highlights,
reminiscent of its Medieval predecessors.
Hidden within the pages was this lovely little card.
Eucharistica is from the Greek lexicon meaning 'the giving of thanks'.
The book contains a compilation of writings on the Eucharist written by 22 Divines of the Church of England in the 15th through to the 17th centuries, with an introduction by Samuel Wilberforce [1805-1873] a 19th century English bishop in the Church of England and one of the greatest public speakers of his day. He also famously spoke out against Charles Dawin's Theory of Evolution.
I am interested in sourcing a Catholic prayer book in order to see how the two might compare, as well as any other religious prayer books.
Do you know of any good places to source antique books?
If so let me know in the comments below!
- VM
I'm fascinated by religion especially the early catholic religion. I love when it gets mixed in with the demonology and exorcist. I love Constantine for that reason.
ReplyDeleteJust think of all the hours that went into books like this. All for the love of their God. Devotion at its must impressive.
As am I. I was baptised Catholic myself.
DeleteI'm very interested in religion, particularly Medieval.
Constantine is wonderful!
Medieval is where it started for me. The whole invention of hell and the devil/devils etc to control the populace interests me.
ReplyDeleteDo you still practice your faith?
I never had a great deal of exposure to religion growing up. I was christened at a very young age as is the thing to do I guess. Though I don't really want my little one christened unless its her choice.
Had the usual funerals, weddings, Christmas Carol service but that was my extent of religion. Not sure how much affect that has had on my opinions now but the power of religion is fascinating. Shown by whats often in the news these days.