Handwritten, illuminated ‘Saint John’s Bible’ on display at Dixon
These two pages from The Saint John’s Bible that are included in the exhibition at Dixon Gallery. (Submitted)
The calligrapher and artist Donald Jackson in his studio in Wales. (Image courtesy of Donald Jackson’s Scriptorium, Wales, UK)
Donald Jackson, who lives in Monmouth, Wales, suggested making the 1,130-page handwritten, illuminated Bible after he “fell in love with the church” at Saint John’s. (Image courtesy of Donald Jackson’s Scriptorium, Wales, UK)
This is a picture of The Saint John’s Bible in its home gallery in Minnesota. “Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible” will be on view at the Dixon through Jan. 10. (Submitted)
Donald Jackson works in his studio. In 1995, Jackson proposed that Saint John’s Abbey mark the millennium with a handwritten, illuminated Bible that would celebrate the Benedictines’ centuries of devotion to book-making. After three years of fundraising and planning, the project was commissioned. (Image courtesy of Donald Jackson’s Scriptorium, Wales, UK)
Two pages from The Saint John’s Bible that are included in the exhibition at Dixon Gallery. (Submitted)
Currently, 68 pages from the seven volumes of the illuminated Bible, with contemporary artworks that illustrate the verses, glow in carefully lit exhibition galleries at the Dixon.
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