Illuminating the Word: The St. John's Bible
Exhibition Items

- Donald Jackson with contributions
from Chris Tomlin.
Genesis Frontispiece: Creation
(Genesis 1:1-2:3) (1)
- Donald Jackson
with contributions from Chris Tomlin.
Adam and Eve
(Genesis 2:4-25) (2.1)
- Chris Tomlin, artist.
Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies.
Marginalia, Genesis 3-6 (2.2)
- Donald Jackson in collaboration
with Chris Tomlin.
Jacob's Ladder
(Genesis 28:10-17) (3)
- Chris Tomlin, artist.
Damselflies.
Marginalia, Exodus 7 (4)
- Thomas Ingmire.
The Ten Commandments
(Exodus 20:1-21) (5)
- Donald Jackson, artist.
Capital Letters.
Exodus 23-25 (6)
- Suzanne Moore, artist.
"Choose Life".
Special treatment, Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (7)
- Donald Jackson in collaboration
with Aidan Hart and contributions from Sally Mae Joseph.
The Death of Moses
(Deuteronomy 34:1-12) (8)
- Thomas Ingmire, artist.
"Make a poisonous serpent".
Special treatment, Numbers 21:8 (9)
- Donald Jackson.
Psalms
Frontispiece (10)
- Brian Simpson, scribe.
Psalms 23-27 (11)
- Sally Mae Joseph, artist and scribe.
"Praise the Lord".
Special treatment, Psalm 150
Psalms 146-150 (12)
- Donald Jackson, artist and scribe.
Matthew Frontispiece:
The Genealogy of Christ
(Matthew 1:1-17) (13)
- Thomas Ingmire.
Beatitudes
(Matthew 5:1-11) (14)
- Chris Tomlin.
Monarch Butterflies (15)
- Aidan Hart with contributions from
Donald Jackson and Sally Mae Joseph.
The Parable of the Sower and the Seed (16). Detail (16a)
(Mark 4:3-9)
- Donald Jackson.
The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes
(Mark 6:30-44, 8:1-10) (17)
- Donald Jackson with contributions
from Sally Mae Joseph and Aidan Hart.
The Luke Anthology
(18)
- Donald Jackson.
The Crucifixion (19).
[preparatory sketch 1] (27).
[preparatory sketch 2] (28).
[preparatory sketch 3] (29). [preparatory sketch 4] (31)
(Luke 23:44-49)
- Donald Jackson
John Frontispiece: The Word Made Flesh
(John 1:1-14) (20)
- Donald Jackson in collaboration
with Aidan Hart and with contributions from Andrew Jamieson.
The Life of Paul
(Acts) (21)
- Donald Jackson.
Luke frontispiece: The Birth of Christ (34).
[preparatory sketch 1] (32). [preparatory sketch 2] (33)
(Luke 2:1-20)
- The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old
Testament, and the New.
London: Robert Barker, 1611.
Special Collection.
Rare Book and Special
Collections Division, Library of Congress (35)
- The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus
Christ According to the Authorized Version of King James I.
Decorations by Eric Gill.
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1931.
Press Collection
Rare Book and Special
Collections Division, Library of Congress (39)
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- A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible, or,
Select Passages in the Old and New Testaments, Represented with Emblematical
Figures, for the Amusement of Youth.
Worcester: Isiah Thomas, 1788.
American Imprint Collection.
Rare Book
and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (40)
- The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned
in the Olde and Newe Testament. (41) [page 2] (41b)
Geneva: 1560. Geneva: 1560.
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (41)
- The Holy Bible: Containing the Old
Testament and the New. Translated into the Indian Language. (42). [page 2] (42b).
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson, 1663.
Bible Collection,
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (42)
- Biblia Sacre. (44). [page 2] (44b).
Venice: Nicolas Jenson, 1479.
Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection,
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (44)
- Bible in Latin. England, First half of
the 13th century. (45).
[page 2] (45b). [page 3] (45c). [page 4] (45d).
Manuscript on vellum.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Collection,
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (45)