Prayer book
The term prayer book describes a group of publications that was also included under the devotional books in the 19th century . On the one hand, they were written for private edification and contained pre-formulated texts for an intimate turn to God. With a particular focus on the female readership before the 19th century, particular emphasis was placed on its design. They developed a special external effect: prayer books were bound more elaborately than other books, were taken into the churches and made visible to the public. Jewelry locks also signaled the intimacy of the dialogue with God cultivated here.
To this day, Catholic hymn books are also prayer books. The praise of God from 2013 was subtitled Catholic prayer and hymn book .
Contemporary description
Amaranthes ' Frauenzimmer-Lexicon from 1715 gives a glimpse of the book in its design and external effect as well as the texts themselves - the titles, here from the Protestant area, are partly written by women for women, texts of special spirituality and special claim to to assist in difficult individual life situations.
Prayer book . If the book, bound in silver, velvet, saffiano, Cordian, French or other leather is called, with or without clauses, sometimes also with a silver lock, the maidservate the women in the church, and they bring the same to them when the church chair is presented give the hand; such are Johann Christian Beer's devout maiden daily manual and prayer book. Leipzig 1715. it. Beer's devout woman's spiritual handbook and church book. Leipzig 1714. Johann Cundisii spiritual pearl jewelry of the woman's room 1710. Nicolai Haasens the maiden devout in God. Leipzig 1712. Haasen's devotional woman in God. Leipzig 1715. Salomon Liscovii Frauenzimmer's virtue mirror in 12. Joh. Olearii Cristlicher Wittiben and Waysen-Trost. Hieronymi Ortelii spiritual woman's mirror. Joh. Quirsfelds of the woman engaged to Jesus, the most beautiful soul jewelry. Joh. Georg Schiebel's devout maiden. Schiebel's devout widows. Barbarians Elisabeth Schubartin Jesus of loving souls Hertzens satisfaction. Nuremberg 1699 Ejusdem Creutzes rehearsal. Annen-Marien Schwedendörfferin devout Hertzens sighs. Christian Zeisen's Royal Bride Chamber 1714. Zeisen's Frauenzimmer's prayer and devotional cabinet. Zeisen's heavenly bride jewelry. Catharinen de Genua Divine Love Path. The priest-wife who pleases God. uadgm
- Useful, gallant and curious lexicon for women [...] by Amaranthes [= Siegmund Corvinus] (Leipzig: J. Fr. Gleditsch & Sohn, 1715), Col. 638–39.
The heyday of representative prayer books ended in the 19th century, when small volumes of poetry with gold edging and precious bindings became popular for intimate reading and found their way into home bookshelves as ornate editions of classics of national literature. However, elaborate prayer book covers were still produced, mostly with the industrial production methods that were now available.
In addition to the elaborately bound prayer books, there were always copies for the less affluent population. Works by popular authors such as Martin von Cochem in the Catholic area saw numerous editions and were provided with simpler bindings. Often they are the only book in the household, and many of the surviving copies show that they have been read a lot because of the heavy signs of wear.
Prayer books have always been a popular gift for first communion or confirmation . After the Second World War, in the course of a general decline in the importance of religious practice, the importance of the prayer books also declined sharply.
Prayer book in Judaism
The Jewish prayer book is called Seder Tefilah (Hebrew: "order [of] prayer") or Siddur (Hebrew: "order"). See also Divine Service in Judaism .
See also
literature
- Lawrence A. Hoffman, Gerard Acht, Frieder Schulz, Peter Constantin Bloth: Prayer Books I. Judaism II. Middle Ages III. Reformation and modern times IV. Practical-theological. In: Theological Real Encyclopedia . Volume 12, 1984, pp. 103-124.
- Esther Wipfler: prayer book, Protestant . In: RDK Labor (2014).
- Alois Schott: The prayer book in the time of the Catholic restoration. In: Journal of Catholic Theology. Volume 61, 1937, pp. 1-28 and 211-257.
- Sebastian Eck: Catholic prayer books for the diocese of Münster (1850-1914) . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-402-11274-8 .
Web links
- Prayer book , in RDK laboratory, online platform for art historical object research
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mauricio Manuel Dessauer, Ulrich Michael Lohse: Everything you always wanted to know about Judaism - and didn't dare to ask . Pelican Pub., Fehmarn 2006, ISBN 978-3-934522-13-8 , pp. 48 .