Bibles Before the Year 1000 - Page 2

path_of_one · 12-28-2006, 06:38 AM

I so wish I could go to that. I won't be in DC until this coming fall though.

Thank you for the report, Wil.

I saw an exhibit of early Bibles and illuminated manuscripts at the Huntington Botanical Gardens and Library here in So Cal a couple years ago and it was just amazing. They had all the actual texts and big blown up translations of various passages. It gave me goosebumps, especially the earliest Bibles.

As a calligrapher I know the work that went into those painstakingly copied Bibles before the printing press, and how much dedication was necessary to ensure exact copies. And then to see how they embellished the Bibles too- it was just so inspiring and lovely.

I haven't yet gotten to see stuff that early yet, though- the pre-200 AD stuff must have just been amazing to look at and marvel at its having made it to the modern world.

Quahom1 · 12-28-2006, 06:50 AM

Sorry I couldn't meet you Wil. We had a little fire at the house, and the clean up is gonna take awhile.

Nothing like the smell of burnt stuff to wake one in the morning...

wil · 12-28-2006, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Quahom1

Sorry I couldn't meet you Wil. We had a little fire at the house, and the clean up is gonna take awhile.

Nothing like the smell of burnt stuff to wake one in the morning...

Yikes...hard to get the burnt smell out....hope all are well, and the damage is minimal.

I'm still imagining the cottage book industry back then...and little bookstands in the markets...but at the same time the issues of being Christians and all the post Jesus books having to go blackmarket....

Quahom1 · 12-28-2006, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by wil

Yikes...hard to get the burnt smell out....hope all are well, and the damage is minimal.

I'm still imagining the cottage book industry back then...and little bookstands in the markets...but at the same time the issues of being Christians and all the post Jesus books having to go blackmarket....

Yup, we get to start from scratch because there is minimal material left around to interfere.

wil · 12-29-2006, 05:33 PM

Another interesting thing about the exhibit. It discussed that the discoveries at Qumran and Dead Sea Scrolls stemmed from a resurgence in interest of biblical archeological research post Darwinism. As Christian philantrhopists started sponsoring searches to prove the bible was historically correct and Darwin had it wrong...As more money poured in from this direction and more finds were made, more money and research came from other sources as well.

juantoo3 · 12-30-2006, 04:17 AM

Kindest Regards, Wil and Q!

Quick note before I call it a night.

Bummer to hear about a fire, Q. Is everyone alright? Is there anything any of us can do to assist?

Wil, thanks for the report. I checked the link to the book, would love to put a little scratch together and get a copy. Next best, I hope, to being there. Liked the idea of a Native American exhibit too, some of my favorite displays have been Indian exhibits. I especially recall a beautiful tourquoise blue dress...of course, I went that day to see a Monet painting! (which was darn near equally beautiful!)

Anyway, thank you very much for the report. I would dearly love to lay eyes on an exhibit like that, and I've been kicking around ideas of "how" since Blazn posted, and I just can't pull it off right now. Darn! Darn, darn, darn!

Gotta go, g'nite all!

P.S. Q, if I can help, PM me please.