St. John's Bible: beautiful calligraphy & illumination
If you haven’t already seen it, check it out:
http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/see/images.htm
You might be able to catch it in person, too. See the Exhibition listings:
http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/Exhibitions/default.htm
Enjoy!
12.May.2008 11.31am
PBS (I think) did a wonderful show on this book while it was still in production. (For those who don’t know, this was a Bible that has been hand lettered, and richly illuminated, in the same way that Bibles were done before that Gutenberg fellow messed everything up.
12.May.2008 2.56pm
Went to the exhibition in Winnipeg (still on until June 8). What an amazing bit of work! Was neat to see the process by which it happened as well.
13.May.2008 5.52am
And you can have your own copy for $115,0000, which I know is pocket change for you type designers.