Tools and Materials

The Saint John's Bible incorporates many of the characteristics of its medieval predecessors. And yet, it employs a modern English translation as well as contemporary scripts and illumination.

		It is written on vellum using quills.
		It uses natural handmade inks and hand-ground pigments.
		It uses gild such as gold and silver leaf.

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