Illustrated by Dana Tanamachi (she has been featured by Google, The Wall Street Journal, Random House, USPS, and Target) The ESV is the simply the best translation for combining accuracy, readability, and fidelity to the rich history of English Bible translation.”

A historiated initial D representing David as a shepherd, rescuing a lamb from a lion at the beginning of Psalm 38, from the Vespasian Psalter. Psalter (‘The Vespasian Psalter’), 2nd quarter of the 8th century–mid-9th century ( The British Library) Stylistic influences on biblical paintings Jinn, recognisable by their characteristic bestial appearance, gather to do battle with Faramarz, son of Rostam. Leaf from another manuscript of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (The Book of Kings)But it wasn't just forces of nature with which the monks had to contend. The monastery, like many early Christian communities, came under the threat of Viking raids. In 806, following a raid that left 68 of the community dead, the Columban monks took refuge in a newly-founded monastery at Kells in County Meath in Ireland to keep them safe. The most likely theory is that the monks took the manuscript with them. Coleman, Joyce, Mark Cruse, and Kathryn A. Smith, eds. The Social Life of Illumination: Manuscripts, Images, and Communities in the Late Middle Ages (Series: Medieval Texts and Cultures in Northern Europe, vol. 21. Turnhout: Brepols Publishing, 2013). xxiv + 552 pp online review Verdigris, chemically cupric acetate, Cu(OAc) 2·(H 2O) 2, made historically by boiling copper plates in vinegar;

Coloring Bibles are great starter journaling Bibles because they give you something to color and inspire you a bit. Once you get a little more comfy with Bible journaling, this one makes a great second journaling Bible! I’ll keep you updated as I find out more! Thank you for your thoughts! The Hague, Musee Meermanno-Westreenianum, 10 B 5 (John Chrysostom, Homilies in Praise of St. Paul, the Apostle) San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Escorial, Real Biblioteca, MS. T. I. I (E Codex of the Cantigas de Santa Maria) (Canticles of Alfonso the Wise) Paris, Bibliothèque nationale MS Fr. 2643-6 ( Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse (BnF Fr 2643-6) Froissart, Chronicles)Thompson, Edward M. (1911). "Illuminated Manuscripts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.14 (11thed.). pp.312–320. London, British Library, Royal MS 5 E XI (Aldhelm, In Praise Of Virginity (London, British Library, Royal MS 5 E XI)) Illuminated manuscripts housed in the 16th-century Ethiopian Orthodox church of Ura Kidane Mehret, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Ethiopia The type of script depended on local customs and tastes. In England, for example, Textura was widely used from the 12th to 16th centuries, while a cursive hand known as Anglicana emerged around 1260 for business documents. [12] In the Frankish Empire, Carolingian minuscule emerged under the vast educational program of Charlemagne. [13] [14]

The ESV has been my primary Bible for study and devotion. I like it best because it gives me a close sense of what the original says.” You are so right! I also think of those things in connection with blue. The reason I love green is because it reminds me of growth and new life and peacful forests! It is pretty cool how color can do that in our brains. 😉 Thanks for sharing your thoughts! The translation is outstanding. The ESV achieves a new standard in accurate Bible translations for our day.” The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliothek, MS 120 D 13 (Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, Roman de la Rose)Prayer books, psalters and illustrated bibles Book of hours, Paris c. 1410. Miniature of the Annunciation, with the start of Matins in the Little Office, the beginning of the texts after the calendar in the usual arrangement. Ljubljana, Slovenia, Narodna in univerzitetna knjiznica v Ljubljani (Collectarium (William of St-Thierry, Life of St Bernard; Lives and Martyrdoms of Saints))