Illuminating the Word: An Exhibition of the St. John’s Bible – Donald Jackson

Date/Time
Date(s) - October 20, 2022 - October 26, 2022
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Location
Dal Schindell Gallery

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ALLISON LIBRARY RECEPTION • OCT 5 | 1–2 PM

GALLERY OPENING • OCT 5 | 2–5 PM

This contemporary illuminated Bible was created by a group of 23 scribes, artists and assistants 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. The team worked in conjunction with a committee of theologians, scholars and artists from Saint John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota. After fifteen years of work, the pages were completed in 2011 and given a permanent home at Saint John’s Abbey and University. The Saint John’s Bible incorporates many of the characteristics of its medieval predecessors: it was written on vellum using quills, natural handmade inks, hand ground pigments and gild such as gold leaf, silver leaf and platinum. Yet, it employs the modern, English translation the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) as well as contemporary scripts and Illuminations. The prints displayed in this gallery showcase a small sampling of the approximately 160 illuminations in the completed work.
Word Made Flesh, Donald Jackson, Copyright 2002, The Saint John’s Bible, Saint John’s University,
Collegeville, Minnesota USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Donald Jackson is one of the world’s foremost Western calligraphers. At the age of 20, Jackson was appointed a visiting lecturer at the Camberwell College of Art, London. Within six years he became the youngest artist calligrapher chosen to take part in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s first International Calligraphy Show after the war and appointed a scribe to the Crown Office at the House of Lords.

As a scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, he was responsible for the creation of official state documents. In 1985, he received the Medal of The Royal Victorian Order (MVO). Jackson is an elected Fellow and past Chairman of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, and in 1997, was named Master of the 600-year-old Guild of Scriveners of the city of London. He is the author of The Story of Writing. Jackson and his wife Mabel live and work in the Hendre, a converted town hall and outbuildings in Monmouth, Wales.

The Saint John’s Team includes Brother Alan Reed, OSB, Brother David Paul Lange, OSB, Brother Simon-Hoa Phan, OSB, Ellen Joyce, Father Columba Stewart, OSB, Father Michael Patella, OSB, Linda Orzechowski, Rosanne Keller, Sister Irene Nowell, OSB, Sister Johanna Becker, OSB, Sister Susan Wood, SCL, and Carol Marrin.

The Wales Team includes Thomas Ingmire, Aidan Hart, Suzanne Moore, Sally Mae Joseph, Diane von Arx, Sue Hufton, Brian Simpson, Susan Leiper, Angela Swan, Sarah Harris-Richards, Vin Godier, Rachel Collard, Sally Sergeant, Rebecca Cherry, Hazel Dolby, Jane Grayer, Izzy Pludwinski, Mark L’Argent, and Olivia Clarke.

https://www.schindellgallery.ca/exhibitions/2022/illuminating-the-word–an-exhibition-of-the-st-johns-bible

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