Creation, Donald Jackson with contributions by Chris Tomlin, 2003, The Saint John’s Bible and the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.
On view November 16, 2025 - January 11, 2026
“The Saint John’s Bible is the first commissioned handwritten, monumental, illuminated Bible in the modern era and is Bible is being created by a group of scribes and artists in a Scriptorium in Wales under the artistic direction of Donald Jackson, Senior Scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Crown Office at the House of Lords. When completed in 2011, the Bible will have a permanent home at Saint John’s Abbey and University, in Collegeville, MN.
The Saint John’s Bible is incorporating many of the characteristics of its medieval predecessors: it is being written on vellum, using quills, natural handmade inks, hand ground pigments and gild such as gold leaf, silver leaf and platinum. And yet, it is employing the modern, English translation the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) as well as contemporary scripts and illumination.
The prints displayed in this gallery showcase a small sampling of the approximately 160 illuminations that will be in the completed work.”