The following accessories can optionally be installed: removable bookrest, rack and armrest.
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The possibility of hinging the bookrest with a storage area underneath was discussed.
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This portable, collapsible bookrest provides the ideal angle for comfortably reading books, papers and magazines.
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Use this solid bookrest for different applications such as display props, paper props, and much more!
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To the east of the window is a stone bookrest, and to the west an alcove seat.
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The lectern developed in the 13th century into its most distinctive form with the bookrest modelled as an eagle with outstretched wings.
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The Peeramid Bookrest is a book holder and stand for a tablet computer designed for use by individuals with upper extremity disabilities, weakness, or arthritis.
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Created by the Ellison Glass Works, the design is attributed to Arthur Hardwick Marsh (1842–1909).North Aisle window at Holy Trinity, Aldershot – Flickr The brass bookrest is a war memorial dedicated to the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and is inscribed TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL AT ISANDULA: JANUARY 22 1879.Brass Bookrest in Holy Trinity Church, Aldershot – Imperial War Museum database The parents of comedian and actor Arthur English married in the church in 1909 and he and his two older brothers were baptised there.
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From 1980 - 1984 he was Chief Executive of Hutchinson Ltd, which included the publishing operation and the printing company. Clark was actively involved with the charity MIND from the late 1960s until his death; he was Chairman from 1976-79. He also founded Bookrest, the money-raising arm of the Book Trade Benevolent Society.
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Among Dürer's depiction of St. Jerome, this is the one more resembling a portrait, with little space left for the study and its details (such as in his 1514 etching, where the saint is a small figure in the background). The subject is portrayed with great care for details, including the wrinkles to the white-yellowish beard. Also differently from the etching, the memento mori suggestion of the finger above a skull has a greater visual relevance. Details in the foreground include the inkpot at right and the bookrest at left, as well as a crucifix on the top left.
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The smaller and older pedestal desks with such a panel are sometimes called kneehole desks, and were usually placed against a wall. From the mid-18th century onwards, the pedestal desk has often had a top that is inlaid with a large panel of leather (sometimes with a gold- or blind-stamped border) or baize for a writing surface, within a cross-banded border. If the desk has a wooden top surface, it may have a pull-out lined writing drawer, or the pull-out may be fitted with a folding horse to serve as a bookrest. Very few non-specialists call this form a pedestal desk.
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