HILL MUSEUM &MANUS. LIBRARY / SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY

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Portions of Benedictines' hand-created Saint John's Bible on display in Tacoma

Scribes working on The Saint John's Bible created their own goose-feather quills. Quills are more supple than metal pens and allow the ink to flow freely, producing fine hairlines at the end of strokes.

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