Donald Jackson (born 14 January 1938,

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, England) is a British

calligrapher Calligraphy () is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "the art of giving form to signs in an exp ...

and official

scribe A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of Printing press, automatic printing. The work of scribes can involve copying manuscripts and other texts as well as ...

to the Crown Office. Jackson is artistic director of '' The Saint John's Bible'', a hand-written and

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Bible commissioned by the Benedictine monastery of Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, United States of America. He is the author of ''The Story of Writing'' and ''The Calligrapher's Art''.

References

External links

Donald Jackson Scroll
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the Newberry Library
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Donald 1938 births Living people British calligraphers British biblical scholars British Roman Catholics Roman Catholic biblical scholars