New St. John's Bible a Labor of Love, and a Gift to Mankind

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New St. John’s Bible a Labor of Love, and a Gift to Mankind

Friday, December 04, 2009
By Lauren Green

Print ShareThisMass produced in more than 2,400 languages with some 25 million copies sold annually, the Holy Bible is the best-selling book of all time.

Now Christianity’s Word of God is getting an artistic upgrade, the first and only one of its kind in more than 500 years.

The St. John’s Bible is “a gift to the world in celebration of the 21st century,” says Jim Triggs of St. John’s University in Minnesota. Commissioned by the Benedictine Monks there, its purpose is “to create the first handwritten, hand-illuminated Bible since the monks used to do it by hand in the 1200s, 1300s, 1400s, before the printing press came along.”

Before the invention of the printing press, illuminated Bibles were handmade, medieval artworks — bathed in color, with sparkling gold and silver, symbolizing the presence of God.

To pen the new version, British scribe Donald Jackson is heading a team of artists using medieval techniques — goose quill pens, calf skin paper, homemade inks, gold leaf and silver leaf.
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Oh wow! I would love to get my hands on one of them, just for a day. I wonder if they’re going to be ‘put on tour’?🙂
 
Beautifully printed reproductions of the volumes published so far are available from the website and from Amazon.
 
I remember seeing a report on the news about this a few years ago and at the time I thought they said the reproductions of the artwork alone would be available. The website doesn’t mention that though so maybe not. The illustrations (if you can call them that!) are stunning.
 
FickleFreckled said:
I remember seeing a report on the news about this a few years ago and at the time I thought they said the reproductions of the artwork alone would be available. The website doesn’t mention that though so maybe not. The illustrations (if you can call them that!) are stunning.
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There’s a whole online catalog of St. John’s Bible-related items, including prints of the artwork, note cards with the artwork, books on how the volumes have been created, a book of scriptural excerpts illustrated with art from the volumes – lots of stuff. Explore the home site of the project:

saintjohnsbible.org/
 
Thanks; I’ll try again. I went to the website but missed the references to the artwork I guess.
 
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