ESV Illuminated Bible, Art Journaling Edition Hardcover – October 31, 2017

The artwork pages in this Bible, the hardcover, the verses throughout, are all beautiful. I’m grateful to have enough margin space to take notes. There is minimal bleed through with Bible highlighters and pens depending on what colors you use. The way the words are organized on the page is also very helpful for taking notes around passages.

Beautiful and well crafted ESV Bible with beautiful art pages, lettering, and gold accents.

So this is definitely a beautiful bible on better than normal quality paper. Large and easy to read, lovely illuminations and space to add your own notes and illustrations.My biggest complaint - and it is possible I got a poorly done one - is the ribbon marker. The marker had been placed inside of the bible pages twisted - so it had creases and folds in the marker which made it not just a thin page marker. It permanently dented and wrinkled the pages around where it had been placed. The marker itself would not flatten out. Rather than risk possibly damaging the bible in an attempt to dampen and iron out the marker flat, I just cut it off. I use Avery tabs to mark my bibles so a ribbon marker is actually just a nuisance anyway.

This is an absolutely beautiful Bible. Would make a nice gift. Good for notes and journaling, but does not have any references or index, just a basic table of contents at the beginning. More like an antique Bible. Illuminating is a contemporary spin on vintage, which would appeal to young people as well as older. Great price for the quality. Pages are typical, thin pages, but seem to be nice quality paper. I would recommend being careful with the type of pens used to write in it. Very pleased.

Guests have commented on how beautiful my new illustrated Bible is.The full page illustrations are very unique and like vintage lettering.I leave it out on the Coffee table to encourage myself to turn off the TV and read it more! I got the gorgeous Green one.

The craftsmanship and thoughtfulness that went into this Bible cannot be overstated. It is laid out beautifully with great artwork for quotes and book markers (as you can see in other reviewer's photos). There is ample room for taking notes, and the pages are very high quality. The pages are not delicate and see-through like many other Bibles; they feel sturdy and high-quality and I'm not constantly in fear of ripping pages.I've attached two photographs of both sides of a single page. As you can see, I've used several colors of highlighter with absolutely no bleed-through. Even my bright colors like pink and orange are safe to use. I've used several varieties of pen for taking notes and I'll say this - stick to ballpoint or gel. Roller-ball like Pilot Precise V5 or other liquid-ink pens have bled-through for me. With ballpoint or gel and that thicker ink, copious notes are doable with minimal ghosting.

The media could not be loaded. The Bible is absolutely gorgeous. But most of the pages were stuck together, I guess due to the painted edges. It was a huge pain to go through and separate them all. The pages are very thin and feel pretty fragile, so I am hoping not to cause much damage to them when using them.

I already had other Bibles but when I saw this Bible I found it to be a work of art. I wanted to support the people who were a part of this project so I bought it. This is a very good price for such a beautiful book. I think I will stick with the King James for study but I do like this Bible because of the format and I really like how so many important verses are enhanced by enlarging them and placing them on the side of the page in gold writing. Some of these verses even have their own page. I recommend it for everyone. God Bless.