ESV Illuminated Bible, Art Journaling Edition

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The ESV is my translation of choice. . . . My walk with the Lord and my ministry have been enriched and blessed through this wonderful translation.” Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica, MS vat. gr. 1162 (James of Kokkinobaphos, Homilies on the Virgin) Decorative and illuminated calligraphy is present in the sacred texts of several religions, but among the Abrahamic faiths only Christian scripture is also illustrated extensively in grand copies. Within the Jewish tradition, figurative imagery is limited to certain books and biblical commentaries (never the Torah). This is based on a strict interpretation of the Second Commandment against graven images or likenesses (Exodus 20.4). However, in both Western and Eastern Christendom almost any type of decoration is possible, whether individual narrative images in letters, literal or allegorical illustration, or story-telling biblical picture books where text is minimal.

Collection of Armenian Illuminated Manuscripts – A full collection with high resolution images of Armenian Illuminated Manuscripts The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliothek, MS 78 D 41 (Durand de Mende, Le rational des divins offices de l'église) de Hamel, Christopher (2001). The British Library Guide To Manuscript Illumination History and Techniques. Toronto: British Library. p.35. ISBN 0-8020-8173-8. Calkins, Robert G. Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages. 1983, Cornell University Press, ISBN 0500233756 Red lead, chemically lead tetroxide, Pb 3O 4, found in nature as the mineral minium, or made by heating white lead;

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The iconoclasts are represented in a marginal illustration in the Theodore Psalter. Theodore of Caesarea, Theodore Psalter, 1066, Constantinople, parchment, 23 x 22 cm ( The British Library) The elaborately illuminated Theodore Psalter exemplifies the quality of illuminated biblical books created in the Eastern capital following these events. It even includes portraits of the important figures in the debate in its marginal commentaries. The use of precious metals in Bibles Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 197B, ff. 1-36 (Formerly pp.245–316) and London, British Library, MS Cotton Otho C. V ( Cotton-Corpus Christi Gospel Fragment) 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.

Durham, Cathedral Library, MS A. II. 17, 2-102 and Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepysian MS 2981 (19) ( Durham Gospels) Milan, Biblioteca Trivulziana, Cod. 470 Book of Hours ( Book of Hours (Milan, Biblioteca Trivulziana, Cod. 470))Carmine, also known as cochineal, where carminic acid from the Dactylopius coccus insect is mixed with an aluminum salt to produce the dye; London, British Library, Royal MS 5 E XI (Aldhelm, In Praise Of Virginity (London, British Library, Royal MS 5 E XI))

Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, MSS 6-7,9,11-12 and Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS lat. 13174. (Maurdramnus Bible) San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Escorial, Real Biblioteca, Cod. Vitrinas 17, ( Golden Gospels of Henry III) The artists who worked on books such as the Grimani Breviary or the Prayer Book of Claude de France were working during a time when printed books were more widely accepted than they had been previously, but still, those who could afford to commission them preferred the beauty and craftsmanship of a hand-made, hand-illustrated work. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS. fr. 8846 ( Great Canterbury Psalter, Anglo-Catalan Psalter or Paris Psalter - also part 14th-century)

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Monasteries produced manuscripts for their own use; heavily illuminated ones tended to be reserved for liturgical use in the early period, while the monastery library held plainer texts. In the early period manuscripts were often commissioned by rulers for their own personal use or as diplomatic gifts, and many old manuscripts continued to be given in this way, even into the Early Modern period. Especially after the book of hours became popular, wealthy individuals commissioned works as a sign of status within the community, sometimes including donor portraits or heraldry: "In a scene from the New Testament, Christ would be shown larger than an apostle, who would be bigger than a mere bystander in the picture, while the humble donor of the painting or the artist himself might appear as a tiny figure in the corner." [24] [25] The calendar was also personalized, recording the feast days of local or family saints. By the end of the Middle Ages many manuscripts were produced for distribution through a network of agents, and blank spaces might be reserved for the appropriate heraldry to be added locally by the buyer. Digitized Illuminated Manuscripts – Complete sets of high-resolution archival images from the Walters Art Museum 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] Urbana, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Pre-1650 MS 98 ( Rule of Saint Benedict from France) Weitzmann, Kurt. Late Antique and Early Christin Book Illumination. New York: George Braziller, 1977.