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Donald Jackson

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B2911. Painting with Words Booklet: Jackson
Painting with Words: The Calligraphy of Donald Jackson.

1988. 26pp. 7x10. Paper.

Essays by Christopher de Hamel, John Stevens, Ann Hechle, Guillermo Rodriguez-Benitez, and Kaz Tanahashi accompany eight color pages of Jackson’s work

BP19. Painting With Words/Jackson
Painting with Words Poster -- Donald Jackson An elegant and bold design of Donald Jackson's work. Piece reproduced on the poster is a brightly gilded angel form with exquisite and lively letterforms on a muted purple background. Overall poster background is cream. Printed on heavy paper.

DVD30. Illuminator (St John's DVD)

The Illuminator and the Bible for the 21st Century.

The documentary of the making of the Saint John’s Bible is now available on DVD (DVD30) and VHS (V30). Donald Jackson and his staff used traditional calligraphic techniques with some modern twists in creating this 20th-21st century manuscript Bible. Ground pigments, egg yolks, gold, silver, and platinum are used in the illuminations. Goose quills and antique stick ink for the text. 49 minutes.

All our DVD’s are made to run on USA and Canada machines. If you live outside North America, you should check with the manual for your machine to see if it can play NTSC format DVD’s. If your DVD player can’t play our DVD’s, your computer may be able to.

B2685. Illuminating the Word

Illuminating The Word: The Making of the Saint John’s
Bible. By Christopher Calderhead.
2005. 240pp. 9-5/8" x 11-3/8". Hardcover $49.95

Covers the making of the first three volumes of the St John's Bible: Gospels & Acts, Pentateuch, and Psalms. There are many large images from the Bible itself, as well as actual-size samples of the scripts used.

B2710. St John's: Wisdom Literature
B2710. Saint John’s Bible Wisdom Books.
2007. 136pp. 9.75"x15".Hardcover. List Price $64.95.

Wisdom Books, the fifth volume of The Saint John’s Bible to be released, includes Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs. Book of Job and the Wisdom of Solomon. Illuminators include Thomas Ingmire, Suzanne Moore, Chris Tomlin, and Sally Mae Joseph & Diane von Arx.

B2709. St John's: Prophets
Saint John's Bible Prophets. Donald Jackson, Artistic Director and Illuminator. 2007. 232pp. 9.75"x15". The fourth volume of The Saint John’s Bible, Prophets, features some of the most beautiful passages in all of Sacred Scripture. The ancient prophets of Israel suffered and celebrated with the people they both admonished and praised. They provided words of consolation during times of oppression and kept the flame of hope alive during the darkest periods of Israelite and Jewish history. Christians honor the prophets as those who foretold the coming of the Messiah.

B2707. St John's: Pentateuch
Saint John's Bible Pentateuch. 158pp. 9.75"x15". Hardcover. Pentateuch is composed of the first five books of the Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) and is known as the Torah Judaism. Illuminators: Donald Jackson, Chris Tomlin, Sally Mae Joseph, Suzanne Moore, Thomas Ingmire, and Hazel Dolby. Scribes: Donald Jackson, Brian Simpson, Sue Hufton, and Sally Mae Joseph.

B2706. St John's: Psalms
Saint John’s Bible: Psalms. 136pp. 9.75"x15". 2006. For the text of the Psalms, five distinct scripts are used. Visual representations of chants from Benedictine, Native American, Muslim, Taoist and other traditions are the basis for the exquisite illuminations.

B2679. St John's: Gospels and Acts
Saint John’s: Gospels and Acts. Donald Jackson,Artistic Director and Illuminator. 2005. 136pp. 9.75"x15". Hardcover. The first volume in a seven-volume series of full-color, page-by-page reproductions from The Saint John’s Bible. Gospels and Acts has more than 25 illuminations, including full-page opening illuminations for each of the four gospels.

SJ08. Opening of Genesis Spread
Opening of Genesis

Genesis 1:1-25. 30"x23".

Donald Jackson with contributions from Chris Tomlin. This opening illumination of the Book of Genesis presents the steps in the creation of the universe starting with chaos on the left. Gold is used to symbolize God’s intervention ordering of the universe and its elements.

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