Final pages of newly handwritten Bible unveiled

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MINNEAPOLIS – Not just a Bible but a work of art, the final pages of the first handwritten, illuminated Bible to be commissioned by a Benedictine monastery in 500 years were unveiled Thursday .

The historic completion of The Saint John's Bible was celebrated at a media-only event at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, more than a decade after the project began.

"The Saint John's Bible has been a labor of love," said the Rev. Robert Koopmann, president of St. John's University and one of many from St. John's University and Abbey at the event.

The seventh and final volume, Letters and Revelation, was completed earlier this year and will be on view for the first time in "The Saint John's Bible: Amen!" exhibit from now until Nov. 13.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-09-16/st-johns-handwritten-bible/50430108/1

Video at link.

[Posteritatis]

1. I love the fact that people are still occasionally illuminating things like that. (nt)

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2. It's a work of art.

i'd like to see it.

[bbinacan]

3. Awesome work! n/t

[xchrom]

4. Wonderful. Nt