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The world-famous calligrapher of 13 years manually copying the Bible
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How long? You may not know how much it cost! 
The invention of the printing press has given to everyone to have a Bible at home. But the printing press was not able to put an end to the art of rewriting the Bible by hand: October 19, 2011. appeared manuscript book called the Bible of Saint John.
Book handwritten internationally renowned calligrapher Donald Jackson. In 1998, he took the Bible to St. John's University in Minnesota, and to rewrite it, it took him 13 years - the last word has been written in 2011, the year.
In the book 1150 pages long and weighs about 75-kg. The height of an open book - 0, 6 meters and the width - 0, 9 meters, is associated with seven volumes. All 775,000 words were carefully removed from the hands of 130-year-old ink using goose feathers, turkey and swan.
Can the young people to assess the scale of the work of Jackson? He said that, yes, because the pen - a thin tool, it is influenced by any movement or breathing scribe. Jackson believes that people on some level, take this power.
Handwritten Bible St. John's Abbey cost $ 8 million, but the Abbot John Klassen looks very happy, "Jackson accomplished the impossible - none of us like to do could not».
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The invention of the printing press has given to everyone to have a Bible at home. But the printing press was not able to put an end to the art of rewriting the Bible by hand: October 19, 2011. appeared manuscript book called the Bible of Saint John.
Book handwritten internationally renowned calligrapher Donald Jackson. In 1998, he took the Bible to St. John's University in Minnesota, and to rewrite it, it took him 13 years - the last word has been written in 2011, the year.
In the book 1150 pages long and weighs about 75-kg. The height of an open book - 0, 6 meters and the width - 0, 9 meters, is associated with seven volumes. All 775,000 words were carefully removed from the hands of 130-year-old ink using goose feathers, turkey and swan.
Can the young people to assess the scale of the work of Jackson? He said that, yes, because the pen - a thin tool, it is influenced by any movement or breathing scribe. Jackson believes that people on some level, take this power.
Handwritten Bible St. John's Abbey cost $ 8 million, but the Abbot John Klassen looks very happy, "Jackson accomplished the impossible - none of us like to do could not».
via factroom.ru
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