bookrest

I find it difficult to keep still during the preces but I do like the custom of kneeling for the initial Gloria after the Deus in adiutorium and then kissing the bookrest as a sign of penance.

Adoration at Parkminster 2009

I find it difficult to keep still during the preces but I do like the custom of kneeling for the initial Gloria after the Deus in adiutorium and then kissing the bookrest as a sign of penance.

Archive 2009-09-01 2009

Someday Ghlaghee *will* retaliate for being made to be a bookrest.

Found the Keys « Whatever 2007

Above the screw is a bookrest; at the foot a pedestal, with the ink-bottle upon it.

Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911

Firm enough to offer support yet soft enough to be malleable, it makes a great perfect (edible) pillow and bookrest.

The Guardian World News Oliver Thring 2010

Some people will use the handiest thing for a bookrest!

Teri's Painted Daisies 2009

"Madame Bovary!" he said quizzically, reading the title of the book on the little fat man's bookrest; and, holding it closer to his boiled-looking eyes, he repeated, as though it were a joke, "Madame

The Island Pharisees John Galsworthy 1900

"Madame Bovary!" he said quizzically, reading the title of the book on the little fat man's bookrest; and, holding it closer to his boiled-looking eyes, he repeated, as though it were a joke, "Madame

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900