Internet Resources

The Saint John’s Bible Project web site:

www.saintjohnsbible.org This site has a wealth of information on all the aspects of The Saint John’s Bible. Please utilize this site when using the curriculum.

Websites with historic illumination/calligraphy and Medieval Times:

http://www.leavesofgold.org/learn/index.html Leaves of Gold, an excellent resource with great educational information from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/Vatican.exhibit.html The Vatican Exhibit

http://humanities.uchicago.edu/images/heures/heures.html Les Tres Riche Heures: The Medieval Book of Hours with additional historic information on Book Arts.

http://www.hmml.org/ The Hill Monastic Manuscript Library housed at Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota

http://portico.bl.uk/ The British Library is a good web site. There is a virtual tour that is engaging. It is possible to turn pages of some of the ancient books from the library.

http://centerforbookarts.org/ Center for Book Arts

http://www.calligraphyconnection.com Information on The Calligraphy Connection

http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv Great information on the history of western civilization in the Medieval and Renaissance eras.

Website for resources about the art of calligraphy and instruction:

http://www.paperinkarts.com

http://www.studioarts.net/calligring/

http://www.sacsrepackaging.com/parchment.html William Cowley, a source of vellum

http://talasonline.com source of vellum

http://www.societyofscribes.org/ Good educational ideas on calligraphy and illumination