The Illuminated Bible
I’ve taken an interest in the Saint John’s Bible. It is the first modern handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned since the advent of the printing press 500 years ago.
The illuminations (drawings) I’ve seen are beautiful. Each one is illustrated with gold, silver, and platinum, using goose quills on vellum. Calligraphers have hand drawn 1,150 pages with every letter written in a font created especially for the Saint John’s Bible by Donald Jackson.
The Saint John’s Bible created in this historic six-year project interprets scripture through illumination reflecting a multicultural world and humanity’s enormous strides in science, technology, and space travel.
The calligraphy is complete, but the illuminations are still being worked on. The bible is currently on tour.
The illuminations (drawings) I’ve seen are beautiful. Each one is illustrated with gold, silver, and platinum, using goose quills on vellum. Calligraphers have hand drawn 1,150 pages with every letter written in a font created especially for the Saint John’s Bible by Donald Jackson.
The Saint John’s Bible created in this historic six-year project interprets scripture through illumination reflecting a multicultural world and humanity’s enormous strides in science, technology, and space travel.
The calligraphy is complete, but the illuminations are still being worked on. The bible is currently on tour.
A sketch design for the Road to Emmaus Illustration
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