Christopher Calderhead

Illuminating the Word

The Making of the Saint John's Bible

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Produktbeschreibung

The time has come to tell the entire story of the creation of The Saint Johns Bible. This completely revised and updated edition of Illuminating the Word devotes a separate chapter to each of the Bibles seven volumes. Readers get a behind-the-scenes tour of the creation of each volume, with a fascinating window into the activities, challenges, and struggles at Donald Jacksons Scriptorium in Wales. We can practically watch, through the eyes of every artist and calligrapher who participated in the project, the Bibles stunning illuminations move from conception to completion. This edition includes a completely new chapter, on the scripts used in The Saint Johns Bible that will fascinate calligraphers and lovers of the art. Still another new chapter details the production of the Heritage Edition, a high-quality, fine art facsimile of the original that makes The Saint Johns Bible available to a wider audience than the singular manuscript.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Liturgical Press
• 2nd Second Edition, Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 251mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 2018g
• ISBN-13: 9780814691328
• ISBN-10: 0814691323
• Artikelnr.: 34747060

Autorenporträt

Christopher Calderhead is a visual artist and graphic designer who has exhibited his letter-based works in the United States and Great Britain. He graduated from Princeton with a bachelor's degree in art history. In 1998 he obtained a master of divinity degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. Ordained the same year, he has served parishes in the Church of England and the Episcopal Church USA. He is editor of Alphabet, a journal of the lettering arts published by the Friends of Calligraphy, and author of One Hundred Miracles (2004), a collection of miracle paintings by the great masters.