A Treasury of Prayers

by Editors of Frances Lincoln (Editor)

This anthology contains a selection of 50 prayers, from sources ancient and modern. There are prayers for every praising God, asking for forgiveness, interceding for family and friends, for people throughout the world, and for inner strength and peace.
Each prayer is illuminated with a detail from a painting which is chosen from one of the world's great art museums renowned for collections of religious painting. The colours and fine detail of the medieval, Renaissance and later artists provides a touchstone for contemplation.
Artists featured Giotto, Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Poussin and Vermeer. The paintings come from museums and galleries, the National Gallery, London; the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh; the Louvre, Paris; Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; and the Prado, Madrid.

Genres: Christian, Religion

96 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2011

Reviews

[Hazel]

The version I read was called In the Hand of God: A Treasury of Traditional Prayers.

[Jeremy Johnston]

This is a beautiful, soul-satisying, and encouraging little book, arranged with well-curated prayers from church history and accompanying Renaissance paintings.

[Viridian5]

Since it calls itself a book of "traditional" prayers I was surprised by some of the selections in here, including a thing from Abraham Lincoln and something from Jane Austen. I ended up being more interested in the classical artworks reproduced here to illuminate the prayers.