Mira calligraphiae monumenta: a sixteenth-century calligraphic manuscript inscribed by Georg Bocskay and illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel
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Other Authors: Bocskay, György 1510-1575 (Calligrapher), Hoefnagel, Joris 1542-1600 (Illustrator), Hendrix, Lee (Editor), Vignau-Wilberg, Thea 1940- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles J. Paul Getty Museum 2020
Edition:Second edition
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Abstract:"In 1561-62 the master calligrapher Georg Bocskay, imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, created the Mira calligraphiae monumenta as a demonstration of his own preeminence among scribes. Years later, Ferdinand's grandson, the Emperor Rudolf II, commissioned Europe's last great manuscript illuminator, Joris Hoefnagel, to embellish his work. The resulting book is at once a treasury of extraordinary beauty, a landmark in the cultural debate between word and image, and one of the most intriguing memorials of Rudolf II's endlessly fascinating rule in Prague. This updated second edition of the complete facsimile of the codex, now in the J. Paul Getty Museum, is supported by scholarly commentaries and biographies of both artists"--
Physical Description:x, 412 Seiten Illustrationen 20 cm
ISBN:9781606066584