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HMML microfilmed manuscripts in Syriac and Christian Arabic

HMML microfilmed manuscripts in Syriac and Christian Arabic

The Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, under Fr Columba Stewart, has been photographing manuscripts in the East for quite a few years now, and creating microfilms of them.  How necessary this work is, has been shown graphically in recent weeks by the barbaric destruction of Assyrian monuments in Iraq by Muslim thugs, apparently out of sheer savagery.

This evening I learned by accident that the…

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The St. John's Bible

Tomorrow I have the immense privilege of visiting the behind scenes work for the St. John's Bible. 

If you don't know what that is... Take a look here!

It's amazing to be so close to one of the coolest projects in book-making and book art!

Here are some fun facts to get you geared up for the visit:

Calligraphy and illumination= the text-creation and illustration-creation processes (respectively) that went into the making of the Bible

Gold leaf used in the Bible represents the divine presence

The project began in 1998 and only just ended in 2011!

Donald Jackson was the head calligrapher on the project (more here)

If you are ever in the Collegeville, MN area I highly recommend the exihibit! I can't wait to learn more and tell you all about it.

All info for this page and source credit can be found at the first link.

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Hurricane Season (Open RP)

The wind rustled the leaves outside, the rain pelting hard against the roof of the barn. Chelsea sat outside, bent over a protective sheet that covered her field. As she sat, teeth clenched around a metal nail, she struggled to bring the sheet down towards the ground. The speeding winds moved the plastic every which-way, threatening to yank it out of the poor farmer's hands.

"This... is... impossible!" Chelsea panted, pulling the nail from her teeth to stick it into the sheet's edge. As she did so, she gathered her strength, pushing it against the ground as she held her other arm up to protect her eyes. After the nail was lodged into the ground, Chelsea struck its head with the hammer in her right hand, until it was completely covered over with dirt. She felt the rainwater drip off her legs, arms, hair, and desperately wiped some off her face, trying hard to get a clear view of the field.

The first half of the sheet was stapled down, she had finally gotten a single pin down on the second. However, there was still the matter of the sheet corners, and the fence. Even with all of Chelsea's strength, she wasn't sure if she could handle the task alone....