St John's Bible

On Valentine's day, Walt & I drove to Canton to visit the Canton Art Museum's Sacred Voices exhibit. The think we most wanted to see was the St. John's Bible, a work commissioned by Benedictine monks in Minnesota and produced by Donald Jackson, the queen of England's calligrapher over the course of 12 years. The bible was hand lettered by Jackson and a number of other artists on Vellum and illustrated using quill pens, gold leaf and inks made of semi-precious stones and egg yolk - much in the same way illuminated manuscripts were done in the Middle Ages. It is shockingly, stunningly beautiful. The images below don't really do it justice...

It was a perfect Valentine's day date for us. Although the bible is no longer at the museum, the rest of the Sacred Voices exhibit can be viewed through March 2, 2014.