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The art of illumination: A modern Bible uses medieval techniques
ST. LOUIS — The image glows 30 feet away. Up close, its gold embellishment is meant to awe, and reflect, an onlooker.
Using techniques hundreds of years old, a handmade Bible brings an ancient artistic tradition into the 21st century. Although created with swan quills, vellum and soot ink, it also uses images of DNA, soundwaves and at least one photo taken by satellite.
Medieval illuminated manuscripts absorbed DNA from the anonymous monks and others who made them. Hundreds of years ago, those scribes knew nothing of genetic codes. For the St. John's Bible, completed in , a modern artist understands that his fingers and even spit have left a scientific mark. (What self-respecting artist doesn't use spit occasionally?)
Classic materials combine with modern imagery in the St. John's Bible, a year project that involved 23 artists and an undisclosed amount of money.
"We'd never do it again," says Tim Ternes, who has the unique job of director of the Bible project. But all involved are proud of the Bible, which is more than 1, pages and kept in a climate-controlled space at Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn.
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Handwriting Is on the Wall : Calligraphers from around the world have interpreted the Book of Psalms in script for Platt Gallery’s new show.
LOS ANGELES — Some people think calligraphy is just for addressing envelopes. Geri Bieber knows otherwise.
About 20 years ago, she wandered into a calligraphy class looking for “something interesting and fun to do,” Bieber said. It changed her life. “It became a passion,” she said.
After that first class, she studied calligraphy with the late Maury Nemoy at UCLA Extension. He was considered the mentor of Los Angeles’ Society for Calligraphy. Nemoy sent Bieber to a workshop in Los Angeles on manuscript illumination with Donald Jackson, the scribe for England’s Queen Elizabeth. He remains the Queen’s scribe today.
“There is a whole world of calligraphy that people don’t know about,” Bieber said. “It is a fine art.”
The word calligraphy comes from the Greek word, kalligraphia , which means beautiful writing. One can see an extraordinary variety of calligraphic styles in an exhibit organized by Bieber, “From Psalms: International Invitational Calligraphic Exhibition,” at the University of Judaism’s Platt Gallery.
Bieber invited 55 calligraphers from various parts of the world to make works incorporating any psalm from th