Donald Jackson (calligrapher)

Jackson in 2015

Donald Jackson (born 14 January 1938, Lancashire, England)[1] is a British calligrapher and official scribe to the Crown Office.[2][3] Jackson is artistic director of The Saint John's Bible, a hand-written and illuminated 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

1. Jackson, Donald. "Donald Jackson interviewed by Hawksmoor Hughes - British Library". British Library. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
2. "Concordia Presents an Evening with Donald Jackson".
3. Calderhead, Christopher (2005). Illuminating the Word: the Making of the Saint John's Bible (1st ed.). Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press.

External links

• Donald Jackson Scroll at the Newberry Library