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August 22, 2006: Saint John’s Abbey and University announce Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible
"With more than 1,150 pages and more than 160 illuminations, The Saint John’s Bible is the first handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine monastery since the invention of the printing press. Saint John’s Abbey and University have partnered with world-renowned calligrapher Donald Jackson, senior scribe to Her Majesty the Queen’s Crown Office at the House of Lords in London, England, to create this masterpiece. "
