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PROVO — In conjunction with Pope Francis' visit to the United States, the Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library will join institutions across America in displaying pages from St. John's Bible.
The library launched the display Monday, and it will display seven pages from the Bible, which was the "first handwritten Bible of the modern era," according to BYU.
Institutions participating in the "7 Days, 7 Pages" event will each display the same page throughout the week, beginning with the Creation found in Genesis 1 in the Pentateuch volume.
According to the library website, the goal of "7 Days, 7 Pages" is to unite Americans by displaying the same pages near churches, schools, libraries, hospitals and homes, spending time with the pictures and words and "reflecting on the rich symbols of Christian unity."
The Harold B. Lee Library is the only institution in the state with a set of these books. This edition of the Bible was produced by Donald Jackson, who was the Queen of England's calligrapher. It took 15 years for the Bible to be finished.
Jackson led a group of illustrators and calligraphers to produce the seven-volume work for Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, in honor of the turn of the millennium.
A Heritage Edition of the work and a full-size fine press edition hand bound in leather were donated to the library. A volume is displayed in the entrance to the L. Tom Perry Special Collections.
Viewers can see the St John's Bible at no cost in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections from 8-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8-6 p.m. Friday and 10-6 p.m. Saturday. The seventh page will be displayed Monday, Sept. 28.
Visitors can park on campus in the visitor parking lots.
