Sentences with phrase «hand by monks»

Once upon a time, the only books that existed were books copied by hand by monks and scribes and sold to the very rich for the equivalent of $ 5000 or $ 6000 a book.

You do know the bible was written by multiple people, then translated (from 3 different languages) and copied by hand by monks for hundreds of years, right?

Not exact matches

About these monks it is said that they were people of great faith, well versed in the Scriptures, large portions of which they knew by heart, fervent in prayer, gentle and humble in manner, full of the love of God on the one hand, and love to their neighbour and all humankind on the other.

In his travels he stopped by the famed Vatopaidi Monastery and was amazed to discover the financial slight of hand of Fathers Arsenios and Ephraim, two monks who he says displayed all the cunning of Enron's Jeff Skilling and Kenneth Lay.

They will burn at the stake any person who dares to defy the dogma handed down to them by lonely monks sequestered in monasteries.

For centuries, Harkleroad said, monks in monasteries cared for fragile books and labored making copies of the manuscripts by hand.

I bet those Medieval monks toiling away in the scriptorium illuminating vellum manuscripts by hand felt the same way about that new fangeled printing press and the Gutenberg Bible.

I'm still grieving the loss of books hand - painted onto calfskin vellum by cloistered monks.

Books by Carol Benjamin (Mother Knows Best, Second Hand Dog, The Chosen Puppy), Mordecai Siegal and Matthew Margolis (Good Dog, Bad Dog), Monks of Skete (How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend), Karen Pryor (Don't Shoot the Dog), Dr. Richard Pitcairn and Susan Pitcairn (Natural Health for Dogs & Cats), and others.

Command one of five different civilizations: the Britons, Franks, Mongols, Saracens, or Japanese; Control special «hero» units such as Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood, Joan of Arc and Genghis Khan, whose special «hero» powers affect the entire battlefield; Lead over 45 different types of units into battle — from bowmen and monks to hand cannoneers, mercenaries and samurai; Players» can construct and upgrade buildings to help their units learn new skills and create resources for their civilizations; Research over 50 different technologies like chemistry, ballistics, siege craft and spying to advance civilization into the next age; A new Combat Advisor offers advice on certain campaign strategies and provides an assessment of the battle's outcome; Multi-player scenarios allow up to four players to wirelessly battle each other; By gaining Empire Points, players can unlock maps and units to improve their Emperor Rank.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2016 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Wish List», Gallery Project, curated by Gloria Pritschet and Rocco DePietro, Toledo, Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan 2015 — «Roots», Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL 2015 — Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2014 — «National Contemporary Painting», Weatherhead Gallery, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2013 — «31st Juried Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «30th Juried Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «Narrative Fragments», Quidley & Company, Boston, MA 2011 — «Juxtaposed», juried by Alyssa Monks, Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT 2011 — «Paintworks», Gowanus Ballroom, curated by Kristin Kunc, Courtney Jordan & Hyeseung Marriage - Song, Brooklyn, NY 2011 — «Space Invaders», co-curated by Virginia Rose and John Nickle, Rose Contemporary, Portland, ME 2011 — «Cinematic Bodies», curated by Jamie Adams, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 — «Snow», XL Projects, Syracuse University Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2010 — «Women Painting Women», Robert Lange Studios Gallery, Charleston, SC 2010 — «Remnants», Fuse Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Highlights» Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Conceptually Sound», Medialia Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2010 — «Looks good on Paper», DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2009 — «Water / Bodies», Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, F.W.I. 2009 — «Summer Exhibition 2009», curated by Eric Fischl, Matthew Flowers, Anne Strauss, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY 2009 — «Old School», Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY 2009 — Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA 2008 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «City Lights», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2008 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2008 — «Take Home a Nude» Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2007 — «Summer Exhibition 2007», curated by Eric Fischl, Jenny Saville, Vincent Desiderio, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY 2007 — «Four Handed Lift: Advocacy, Art, Spirit and Community», Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY 2007 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2006 — «Contemporary Imaginings, The Howard A. and Judith Tullman Collection», Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama 2006 — «Night of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2006 — «AAF», shown by DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2006 — «Salon 2006», New York Academy of Art, New York, NY 2006 — «LA Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Los Angeles, CA 2005 — «New Works», curated by Eric Fischl, Jane Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I. 2005 — «A Terrible Beauty: Figurative painting in the 21st Century», Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA 2005 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Cityscapes», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Take Home a Nude» Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2005 — «Go Figure», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit», Brent Sikemma Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Night of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2004 — «Points of Muse», Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 — «Separate Visions», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «Still Life», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «27th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2003 — «Space Invaders», curated by Peter Drake, Fish Tank Gallery, New York, NY 2003 — «26th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2002 — «National Arts Club 26th Annual Student Show», National Arts Club, New York, NY

2016: Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel / Muttenz; Collaborative exhibition with Douglas Gordon, Taro Nasu, Tokyo (JP); 2015: Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv (IL); Claymation, Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza (I); All the possible combinations of twelve lights lighting (one at a time), MACRO Foyer, Rome (I); Many Hands Make Light Work (with Rodney Graham), Until Then, Paris (F); Anything by the Smiths, CAN, Neuchâtel; 2014: I ❤ 1984, Lisson Gallery, London (UK); monk > < nannucci (with Maurizio Nanucci), Quartz Studio, Turin (I); I went to school with someone called Jonathon Monk, Casey Kaplan, New York (USA); IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art project space, Dublin (IE); Jonathan Monk a Riso, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Fondazione Sambuca (I); The Reader, Taro Nasu, Tokyo (JP); More Than Four Hundred Million Ways, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe (D); Left Foot, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen (DK); 2013: COLOURS SHAPES WORDS (pink, blue, square, circle), CAC Malaga (E); Less Is More Than One Hundred Indian Bicycles (with words from Rirkrit Tiravanija and a Silver Shadow), Kunstraum Dornbirn (AUT); In Between Exhibitions I, II, III, IV, Yvon Lambert, Paris (F); Senza Titolo, Lisson Gallery, Milan (I); Egg, Centre d'édition contemporaine, Genève; 2012: «They came out of nowhere «he said, pointing to nowhere (with Ryan Gander), Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo (JP); Who Ate All The Pies?