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"On April 28, 1998, Donald Jackson and Brother Dietrich Reinhart, OSB, signed the contract which officially launched The Saint John's Bible. Together they embarked on a collaboration which would last almost a decade. Donald Jackson, one of the most skilled living calligraphers, is the artistic director of this project. From his Scriptorium in Wales he supervises a team of scribes and illuminators. The Bible is being written with quills on vellum, using hundred-year-old sticks of ink. The illuminations are made with a combination of ancient and modern techniques." Illuminating the Word - The Making of The Saint John's Bible - Christopher Calderhead

The illumination by Suzanne Moore.

"The locust devoured your fig trees and your olive trees; yet you did not return to me, says the Lord."

"Come to me, you who desire me, and eat your fill of my fruits."

"Like cassia and camel's thorn I gave forth perfume, and like choice myrrh I spread my fragrance." The final illumination in Sirach is by Suzanne Moore. The Art Of The Saint John's Bible - Susan Sink

This full page illustration is by Thomas Ingmire. "For unto us a child is born." This illumination is crowned with Hallelujahs! You can almost see the trumpets raised and blasting with the announcement." The Art Of The Saint John's Bibel - Susan Sink

This illumination, a colorful wall of words, is the comfort we have waited for. Thomas Ingmire has rested the book of Job on Revelation 21:4. Referring to that place beyond human suffering that we cannot grasp but that we know awaits us. "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things has passed away." The Art Of The Saint John's Bible - Susan Sink

"Hallelujah!"

The beauty of the pages of the Bible that we viewed last week took my breath away. It was a blessed experience to be there and see them. http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/