The Saint John’s Bible available for 115-thousand dollars
by editorial staff | 09/ 5/2006 | article read 680 times
This skillfully crafted 21st Century bible has been made in Wales using medieval techniques. It has been written entirely by hand using quills and paints hand-ground from precious minerals and stones such as lapis lazuli, malachite, silver, copper and 24- carat gold.
When open, the bible will be two feet tall and three feet wide, consisting of over 1,000 pages in seven volumes. The artistic director of the project, Donald Jackson, is one of the world’s foremost calligraphers and scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Crown Office at the House of Lords.
“Illuminated manuscripts have always marked the time and place in which they were created, and The Saint John’s Bible will reflect our world at the beginning of the twenty-first century for future generations,” said Brother Dietrich Reinhart, OSB, president of Saint John’s University. “Today, through partnerships with museums and educational outreach, we hope to touch people of all cultures and creeds with the spirit and beauty of this book.”
The Saint John’s Bible will be completed in 2007 and housed permanently at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, Saint John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota, in the Midwestern United States, where it will be used in worship and made available to scholars and the public.
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