WAHPETON, N.D.--Scholars call it a work of art and a work of theology. Historians call it the first handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine monastery since the invention of the ...

ST. LOUIS -- The image glows from 30 feet away. Up close, its gold embellishment is meant to awe onlookers. Using techniques hundreds of years old, a handmade Bible brings an ancient artistic ...

The printing press nearly put the Benedictine monks out of a job a half millennium ago: No longer was it necessary to spend years transcribing the Bible by hand. Information now flows faster than ever ...

Using techniques hundreds of years old, a handmade Bible brings an ancient artistic tradition into the 21st century. Although created with swan quills, vellum and soot ink, it also uses images of DNA, ...

» “ Size: A total of seven volumes, each 15 3/4 inches wide by 23 1/2 inches tall when closed. Total number of pages: about 1,150. » “ Tools and materials: The St. John's Bible is written on calfskin ...

Lessons learned from illumiNations initiative could help other causes. This fall, ten Bible translation agencies—from Wycliffe Bible Translators to Pioneer Bible Translators to the United Bible ...

ST. LOUIS — The image glows 30 feet away. Up close, its gold embellishment is meant to awe, and reflect, an onlooker. Using techniques hundreds of years old, a handmade Bible brings an ancient ...