Chronology
Drawing on the past for a new Bible, the monks of St. John’s Abbey and University commissioned a new artistic reinterpretation of the Bible nearly seven years ago. With the help of computers, calfskins and turkey feathers, Donald Jackson is reviving a lost art by creating a hand-illuminated Bible. The Saint John’s Bible began with a decision to commemorate the second millennium of Christ’s birth in grand fashion and continues with each passing stroke of the quill to inspire a renewed love of Scripture intertwined with art. The elaborate care taken with the words of Scripture gives extraordinary meaning to the fact that a monastery is creating something of wondrous beauty meant to last, and worthy to last, for hundreds of years. Find out more about the process of creating this extraordinary project.
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