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Illuminating the Word - 9780814690505

Un libro in lingua di Christopher Calderhead edito da Liturgical Pr, 2005

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Caldrerhead, a contributor & scholar, provides a detailed description of the background, decision-making, and production of the St. John's Bible--a monumental project using ancient calligraphic techniques to create a complete contemporary Bible rendered into English from the New Revised Standard Version. Almost surely the greatest mss. since Gutenberg. Fine photos show artists and monks at work, scribing with egg yoke, gold, silver & pigments as well as such details as sharpening a quill. The calligraphy was done on vellum in a lively edged-pen hand faintly related to italic. A reduced facsimile 9.75" x 15" is being prepared as the original parts are finished; two volumes are now available at under seventy dollars each (their titles begin with The Saint John's Bible.... St. John's in Collegeville, Minnesota is a modern university, founded by Benedictine monks, and is the home also of the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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