The Book of Hours

Our Pornbishop Jan Van Rijn did this wonderful art book. It's a collection of erotic short prose and poems originated in reference to the extensively ornamented, illustrated clerical manuscripts,widely spread in the 14th and 15th century. With exclusive contributions of 13 different authors (one it's me!). As different as their individual backgrounds, as many layered are the facets of their contributions. Each one, individually set and lovingly ornamented, juxtaposes one of Van Riijn's drawings.

London Andrews - Sherilyn Connelly - Francesco D´Isa - Georges Hausemer - Lorelay - Michael Manning - Peggy Munson -Sandra Niermeyer - Xóchil A. Schütz - Frank Schulz - Annie Sprinkle - Norbert Tefelski - Rainer Wedler 

The Artist's Book comes as a numbered and signed hardcover, 152 pages, German/English, as an edition of 100 copies, price per piece € 125.

I got it today in my mail, and it's beautiful.

This is my short text for this beautiful illustration (forgive me, I'm not a poet):

Non un sole brucia il cielo, ma la rabbiosa perfezione; sfera d' invidia che ha sentito calcolare il π di una Luna socchiusa. Arde e teme, perchè entrando potremmo dimenticare gli affanni, la tirannia del bello, il senso di questa vita troppo divina.

it's not a sun that´s scorching the sky but the raging perfection; sphere of envy who has overheard calculations of a half open moon's π. burning and fearing because we could, while entering, forget our trepidations, the tyranny of beauty, the meaning of this life, too divine.

Nicht eine sonne versengt den himmel sondern die rasende perfektion; sphäre des neides die von der berechnung des pi eines halboffenen mondes gehört hat. sie brennt und bangt weil wir, sie betretend, unsere beklemmungen vergessen könnten, die tyrannei des schönen, die bedeutung dieses zu göttlichen lebens