The Saint John’s Bible reprints to come to Saint Martin's University
August 28, 2009
Lacey, Washington – Ten reprinted pieces from The
Saint John’s Bible will be exhibited at Saint Martin’s University in
Harned Hall on October 9-11. This exhibit, which will include a short
companion video, will be free and open to the public. A special closed
preview of the exhibit will take place October 2-4, as part of the
University’s Reunion Weekend. This closed preview will only be available
to Reunion Weekend attendees.
The exhibit will consist of the following reprinted
pages:
- Creation
- Adam and Eve
- Ten Commandments
- Restoration of Job’s Fortune (Job 42)
- Faithful Friends (Sirach 6:14-22)
- Ezekiel’s Vision of the New Temple
- Frontispiece from the Gospel of Mark
- Sower and the Seed (Mark 3, 4)
- Life Cycles of the Monarch Butterfly from the Ending of the
Gospel of Mark
- Beatitudes
The original The Saint John’s Bible is a completely
hand-written and illuminated Bible, and is the first to have been
commissioned since the invention of the printing press. In 1998, Saint
John's Abbey and University in Minnesota commissioned renowned
calligrapher Donald Jackson to produce the Bible, which unites an
ancient Benedictine tradition with the technology and vision of today.
For more information about the original The Saint John’s Bible, visit
http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/. For more information about the
reprints exhibit at Saint Martin’s University, contact Tiffany Stewart
at 360-438-4366 or
alumni@stmartin.edu.
Saint Martin’s University is an independent
four-year, Catholic, coeducational university located on a 380-acre
wooded campus in Lacey, Washington. Established in 1895 by the Catholic
Order of Saint Benedict, the University is one of 18 Benedictine
colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and the only
one west of the Rocky Mountains. Saint Martin’s University prepares
students for successful lives through its 21 majors and six graduate
programs spanning the liberal arts, business, education and engineering.
Saint Martin’s welcomes 1,250 student from many ethnic and religious
backgrounds to its main campus, and 650 more to its five extension
campuses located at Fort Lewis Army Post, McChord Air Force Base,
Olympic College, Centralia College, and Tacoma Community College.
For additional information:
Tiffany Stewart
Advancement Assistant
360-438-4366
alumni@stmartin.edu
Genevieve Canceko Chan
Director of Communications & Marketing
360-438-4332
gchan@stmartin.edu