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The Illuminated Gospel of St John

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92 points ycombinete | 1 comments | 19 Apr 25 02:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.247s | source
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jfengel ◴[23 Apr 25 01:30 UTC] No.43767894[source]▶
That is indeed stunning. John is the most poetic of the Gospels. The King James translation isn't especially accurate, but it's powerful. It deserves a good illuminated edition.

I'd love a set of annotations of the inspirations for each illumination. Medieval illuminations are heavily coded and full of allusions that would go over my head.

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1. windkid ◴[23 Apr 25 02:45 UTC] No.43768216[source]▶
Indeed. But, the text is so illuminated it borders on unreadable, like something straight out of Part 4 of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, where the ritual overtakes the flight itself.