M R James -The Uncommon Prayer Book
'The Uncommon Prayer Book' and Psalm 109 M.R.James in 1900 courtesy of 'Wikipedia' New years greetings to all visitors this blog and hope that you all have an inspiring 2019. Have spent a great deal of the festive season researching my other interest, World War 2 poetry, and also have written a short article for The Cromwell Association newsletter. To start the year off with a consideration - how should the Psalms be treated when considering whether or not there is such a genre as 16th or 17th century war poetry ? Of course Psalters, personal collection of selected psalms, sometimes illustrated, had been in circulation for centuries, often copied out by hand. But ...