Syracuse University Library, Special Collections Research Center, MS 2 (Le Louchier Hours) or (The Syracuse Hours) Can I get an “amen”? While translation is paramount in a study Bible, these 3 things are usually what graces the top of our list as Bible journalers! Guess what, my friend, the Illuminated Bible prioritizes all three of these things! Finally, we’ve been waiting! Now, let’s talk about the amazing features! Illuminated Bible Features:

Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, MSS 6-7,9,11-12 and Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS lat. 13174. (Maurdramnus Bible) British Library, Papyrus 3053 (=Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 2470), possibly from as late as the 6th century Richardson, Christina (2005). Lustre: Spiritual Treasures and Sensory Pleasures. University of Houston, Texas. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021 . Retrieved 24 November 2021. Anderson, Donald M. The Art of Written Forms: The Theory and Practice of Calligraphy. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc, 1969. Print. Calkins, Robert G. Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages. 1983, Cornell University Press, ISBN 0500233756The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliothek, 76 E 18 (Mass and Office Book of the Brotherhood of St. Catherine of the Paris) Hamel, Christopher de (29 December 2001). The British Library Guide to Manuscript Illumination: History and Techniques (1ed.). University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. p.20. ISBN 0-8020-8173-8. Have you heard about the Illuminated Bible yet? Doesn’t it sound fancy and intriguing? Just look at it! Its gold leafing and classical design is just begging me to open it up!

Saint Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Cod. F. v. I. 8 ( Leningrad Gospels (Saint Petersburg Gospels)) The medieval artist's palette was broad; a partial list of pigments is given below. [18] In addition, unlikely-sounding substances such as urine and earwax were used to prepare pigments. [19] Color Rudy, Kathryn M. (2016), Piety in Pieces: How Medieval Readers Customized their Manuscripts, Open Book Publishers, doi: 10.11647/OBP.0094, ISBN 9781783742356 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale MS Fr. 2643-6 ( Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse (BnF Fr 2643-6) Froissart, Chronicles) The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliothek, MS 71 A 1 (Augustine, De civitate Dei and Liber de cura pro mortuis gerenda)Paper manuscripts appeared during the Late Middle Ages. [4] Very early printed books left spaces for red text, known as rubrics, miniature illustrations and illuminated initials, all of which would have been added later by hand. Drawings in the margins (known as marginalia) would also allow scribes to add their own notes, diagrams, translations, and even comic flourishes. [5] We care about our planet! We contribute a share of our revenue to remove carbon from the atmosphere. Istanbul, Topkapi sarayi Museum, MS Ahmed III. 2115 (Ahmad ibn al-Husain ibn Ahnaf, The Book of the Art of Healing Horses) I am also a fan of old books that have that same linen, cloth over board, woven feel… especially musty smelling ones that were used in college or something. The Interleaved journaling Bible I have has this style and I love it. It will be so hard to choose! Thanks for sharing!

I’m with you about leather aging better but Crossway does specialize in designing heirloom Bibles and all three of these fall under that category. But it depends on your lifestyle. For example, I have 3 boys…they are NOT gentle. Haha. Thanks for sharing your opinion!Carmine, also known as cochineal, where carminic acid from the Dactylopius coccus insect is mixed with an aluminum salt to produce the dye; Illuminated manuscripts housed in the 16th-century Ethiopian Orthodox church of Ura Kidane Mehret, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Ethiopia Recently, I sent a survey to my Bible journaling beauties, (if you’re not one, you should be —> sign up here), asking what was important to them in a journaling Bible, and almost all of them said the same thing: de Hamel, Christopher (2001). The British Library Guide To Manuscript Illumination History and Techniques. Toronto: British Library. p.35. ISBN 0-8020-8173-8. Gold leaf, gold hammered extremely thin, or gold powder, bound in gum arabic or egg; the latter is called shell gold.