The Black Hours Poem by John F. McCullagh

The Black Hours



It's too delicate to touch, but beautiful to behold.
An Illuminated prayer book, from Bruges, I've been told.
The unknown artist carbonized vellum taken from a sheep,
Into a thing of beauty that is not mine to keep.
The images are beautiful, a celebration of the Divine,
a testament of faith from another place and time.

Friday, February 6, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: religious
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mediation on the 'Black Hours' an illuminated manuscript on black vellum made in Bruges during the age of Faith
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