“The Saint John’s Bible” is a remarkable, gorgeous representation of an ancient technique of rendering sacred text — written by hand and “illuminated” with fine art.
Here’s a partial description: “The Saint John’s Bible is the first handwritten, hand illuminated Bible in more than 500 years. Under the artistic direction of Donald Jackson, M.V.O., one of the world’s foremost calligraphers and Senior Illuminator to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Crown Office at the House of Lords, The Saint John’s Bible was commissioned by the Benedictine monks of Saint John’s Abbey and University in Minnesota, U.S., to ignite the spiritual imagination of believers throughout the world and to illuminate the word of God for a new millennium.”
What effect does engaging in such a process have on those who undertake or undertook it? And what effect on those of us who have the opportunity to hold in hand and read such texts?
