We took the family to see the St. John's Bible a t the Joslyn in Omaha Friday. Not easy with 3 kids under 6. It was also quite busy, they said it had been the whole time that the show has been there. Be that as it may, it was still facinating and often moving. Here is an image I found on the web of work on the title page for the Gospel of Matthew. The artist made the geneology of Jesus- His family tree- look like a menorah. No reprint does this artwork justice, you could never replicate the glow and glint of all the guilding and the rich pigments.
Click here for their official website to see more.
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St. John's University in Minnesota and the Benedictine monks of Saint John’s Abbey have commissioned a handwritten, illuminated Bible. It is the first Bible in more than 500 years to be written by hand.
The St. John's Bible incorporates modern themes, images and technology of the 21st century. It takes between eight and 10 hours to write and illuminate a single page" ~NPR story
" St. John's University in Minnesota and the Benedictine monks of Saint John’s Abbey have commissioned a handwritten, illuminated Bible. It is the first Bible in more than 500 years to be written by hand. 
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