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December 5, 2021

Artist shares process behind lifetime dream of Saint John's Bible

Calligrapher Donald Jackson in his Welsh studio during a presentation to St. Mary’s University on the handwritten illuminated The Saint John’s Bible.

Achieving absolute flawlessness is not on calligrapher Donald Jackson’s mind when he sits down to work in his Welsh studio.

Published in Canada
January 31, 2020

Baltimore museum showcases medieval missal used by St. Francis of Assisi

An illumination is shown from the St. Francis Missal, which dates to the 12th century. The missal will be on display at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore Feb. 1 to May 31.

BALTIMORE -- More than eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi and two companions randomly opened a prayer book three times inside their parish church of St. Nicolo in Italy.

Published in Arts News
October 19, 2019

Cold War inspired manuscript collection

Benedictine Fr. Columba Stewart of St. John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minn., delivers the 2019 National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecture in Washington Oct. 7.

WASHINGTON -- It was the global political tension of the Cold War that prompted the collection and copying of millions of pages of sacred manuscripts, a project now being led by Benedictine Fr. Columba Stewart at St. John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minn.

Published in International