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Religious poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

Happy Christmas 1979 / Johnston, Simon., 1979

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Identifier: CC-57492-10000785
Scope and Contents

This is a humorous religious, spoof of a poem in the shape of a cross removed from John Furnial's scrapbook.. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Illuminating the Word; The Making of the Saint John's Bible / Calderhead, Christopher ; Jackson D ; Ingmire T ; Moore S., 2005

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Identifier: CC-45967-48673
Scope and Contents Book description: In this companion volume to contemporary The Saint John's Bible, Christopher Calderhead takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of this extraordinary project. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, this book tells the story of the makers of the Bible and the community at Saint John's Abbey and University. The day-to-day struggles of such a monumental undertaking included challenges such as the selection and preparation of more than 250 calf skins. The formation of a team of calligraphers accustomed to working independently and communicating the concerns of the advisory council in Minnesota with the artists in Wales. Illuminating the Word: The Making of The Saint John's Bible explores a modern version of an age-old relationship between patron and sponsor, and the artistic director, scribes and artists producing this monumental artwork. It describes lectio divina, the unique method the Benedictine monks use to read the Bible, in which the Holy Scriptures come alive...
Dates: 2005

In Sweet Harmony and Agreement with It Self: grove / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 2002

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Identifier: CC-43157-45213
Scope and Contents

The poem deals with philosophy of life after John Smith, the Cambridge Platonist. The text is printed on green colored card stock signifying a 'grove.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Jerusalem / Hirschman, Jack., 1968

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Identifier: CC-51944-73045
Scope and Contents

The photographer who did the cover is not adequately identified [d. (triangle)] -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

kokopelli: Lament (second kingdom) / Whitehead, Ron., 1998

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Identifier: CC-36082-37859
Scope and Contents

This book is the second printing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

[letters re eating animal meat] / levy, d.a.; Wyatt, Bill., 1966

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Identifier: CC-60898-10003758
Scope and Contents

Wyatt wrote the Haiku regarding eating animal meat anf levy responded as follows. "It isn't what goes in yr mouth thats imortant, it is what comes out of yr mouth." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

momento mori, 1988

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Identifier: CC-23192-23630
Scope and Contents The work was based on a copy-art installation by Baroni for the "Ear Nerve" festival in Naples, Italy held in September 1988. Wikipedia: A memento mori (Latin 'remember that you will die is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. Popular belief says the phrase originated in ancient Rome: as a Roman general was parading through the streets during a victory triumph, standing behind him was his slave, tasked with reminding the general that, although at his peak today, tomorrow he could fall, or "” more likely "” be brought down. The servant is thought to have conveyed this with the warning, "Memento mori.".It is further possible that the servant may have instead advised, "Respice post te! Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori!": "Look behind you! Remember that you are but a man! Remember that you'll die!", as noted by Tertullian in his Apologeticus. The thought came into its own with Christianity,whose strong emphasis on divine judgment, Heaven, Hell, and the...
Dates: 1988

Net Markers of the Disciples: SP / Ian Hamilton Finlay., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33642-35301
Scope and Contents

The poem refers to a New Testament biblical text in Mathew 4 about fishing with nets; SP signifies Simon Peter's net marker. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Net Markers of the Disciples: SP / Ian Hamilton Finlay., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33642-35301
Scope and Contents

The poem refers to a New Testament biblical text in Mathew 4 about fishing with nets; SP signifies Simon Peter's net marker. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Our Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas! / Nichol, Eleanor; Nichol, Sarah; Duncan R., 1998

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Identifier: CC-32239-33797
Scope and Contents

The poem was composed by bp Nichol and first appeared in West Coast Line No.25, 1988. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Our Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas! / Nichol, Eleanor; Nichol, Sarah; Nichol bp., 1994

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Identifier: CC-33658-35318
Scope and Contents

The recto reproduces a conventional poem, "Winter: 35t Year" by bp Nichol from "An H in the Heart. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Peace / Skuodas, Audrey., 1989

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Identifier: CC-01817-1853
Scope and Contents

This was a commissioned work to Skoudas. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

[Prayer of Abandonment in Guest Schedule of Abbey] / Merton, Thomas., 1969

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Identifier: CC-30789-32235
Scope and Contents

The pamphlet describes the schedule for a visit to Merton's Abbey. On one of the pamphlets, Emmett Williams name is written as well as the room assigned to him. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969