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Planting Letters and Weaving Lines: Calligraphy, the Song of Songs, and the Saint John's Bible

Planting Letters and Weaving Lines: Calligraphy, the Song of Songs, and the Saint John's Bible

Homrighausen, Jonathan
Clayton, Ewan

Paperback

Bible StudiesGeneral ArtTypography & Calligraphy

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ISBN10: 0814688160
ISBN13: 9780814688168
Publisher: Liturgical Pr
Published: Nov 17 2022
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.38 Width: 7.03 Depth: 9.99
Language: English

The illuminations of The Saint John's Bible have delighted many with their imaginative takes on Scripture. But many struggle to appreciate the calligraphy more deeply than merely noting its beauty. Does calligraphy mean something? How is it beautiful?

This book, written by a biblical scholar who has spent years working with this Bible, shows how calligraphic art powerfully interplays visual form, textual content, and creative process. Homrighausen proposes five lenses for this art form: gardens, weaving, pilgrimage, touching, and enfleshing words. Each of these lenses springs from the poetry of the Song of Songs, its illuminations in The Saint John's Bible, and medieval ways of understanding the scribe's craft. While these metaphors for calligraphic art draw from this particular illuminated Bible, this book is aimed at all lovers of calligraphy, art, and sacred text.

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