Saint John's Bible on View at NYC's Morgan Library & Museum

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The Saint John’s Bible. Apostles Edition, Collegeville, Minn:
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, 2007–2011. 5 vols.

NEW YORK---Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota donated a copy of their newly finished 1,100 page illuminated bible to The Morgan Library & Museum, where it will be on display through August 25, 2013. There are only twelve Apostle Edition copies of this bible, and the Morgan will display the Prophets volume from the seven-volume edition. The Prophets volume contains 232 pages and twenty illuminations. In 1998 Saint John’s University commissioned calligrapher Donald Jackson to produce a fully illuminated luxury manuscript called The Saint John's Bible, and the project was completed in May 2011. The Morgan Library & Museum began as the private library of financier Pierpont Morgan, and today serves as a museum, independent research library, musical venue, architectural landmark, and historic site.