ST. JOHN’S BIBLE

Back in the days that I went on retreat with our United Methodist monastery, St. Brigid of Kildare, we mostly went to St. John’s Abbey in Minnesota. That was soon after the work had begun on the St. John’s Bible, a modern-day Bible created by using the ancient practices of hand writing the text in calligraphy and illuminating or illustrating the Bible as done by monks centuries ago. The entire St. John’s Bible was hand-written by a handful of calligraphers chosen for the project. In addition, there were those who would provide beautiful illuminations of the text. I have seen portions of this Bible in person at St. John’s where it is usually displayed. It is magnificent. If you click or the link below, it will take you to an article about a portion of the Bible that was taken to a prison as the Bible was being shown at various locations around the United States. I have a printed copy of the original for the book of Psalms that I will bring to my office. Anyone interested is welcome to stop in and see it. : https://stories.divinity.duke.edu/saintjohnsbible/