Krista Brown and McKenna Gramoll

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'Illuminating the Word' joins biblical messaging and graphic art

The idea of visiting an exhibit titled “Illuminating the Word” sounded daunting to us. One of us believes in a higher power, but can’t explain what, while the other has a childhood commitment to religion. The Chazen Museum of Art’s new exhibit is singularly devoted to The Saint John’s Bible. The creation, a collaboration from calligrapher Donald Jackson and a team of artisans, is described in the exhibit as the “first handwritten, illuminated Bible to be commissioned by a Benedictine monastery in five hundred years.”