
From the exhibition label:
The Apostles Edition of the Saint Johns Bible. For the new millennium, Saint Johns University and Abbey in Minnesota commissioned an illuminated, handwritten Bible, the first of its kind since Gutenberg printed the Bible in 1454.
This contemporary Bible is at once old and new: a masterpiece of the ancient crafts of calligraphy and illumination combined with the latest capabilities of computer technology and electronic communication.
Created by professional scribes in a scriptorium in Wales, under the direction of Donald Jackson, this extraordinary creation was completed in 2011.
Presented to the American people by Saint Johns University in honor of Pope Francis during his visit to Capitol Hill on September 24, 2015, this is the first volume of a seven-volume facsimile known as the Apostles Edition of the Saint Johns Bible.
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division
The Apostles Edition of The Saint Johns Bible will be displayed on the north side of the Great Hall of the Librarys Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St., S.E., in Washington, D.C. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 through Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016. The Bible can be viewed Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.