Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta - A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Joefnagel
A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel
$143.18
- Hardcover
424 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2020
Summary
Now back in print, “the ultimate booklover’s gift book”—Los Angeles Times
In 1561–62 the master calligrapher Georg Bocskay (died 1575), imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, created Mira calligraphiae monumenta (Model Book of Calligraphy) as a demonstration of his own preeminence among scribes. Some thirty years later, Ferdinand’s grandson, the Emperor Rudolf II, commissioned Europe’s last great manuscript illuminator, Joris Hoefnagel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781606066584 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1606066587 |
| Author: | Lee Hendrix, Thea Vignau-wilberg |
| Publisher: | Getty Trust Publications |
| Imprint: | Getty Publications |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 424 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 826g |
| Dimensions: | 42mm x 138mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Getty Publications - (Yale) |
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Critics Review
“It’s back! Out of print for a decade, this gorgeously produced, slip-cased facsimile edition of an exquisite Renaissance manuscript unfurls a battle between brilliant advocates for the beauty of the written word (Hungarian scribe Georg Bocskay) and the painted image (Flemish illuminator Joris Hoefnagel). The small volume, with a bonus alphabet book tucked in at the end, is a sheer pleasure to hold in your hands.” ― Christopher Knight ― Los Angeles Times
Lee Hendrix
Lee Hendrix retired in 2016 from her position as senior curator and head of the Department of Drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Her numerous books include Nature Illuminated: Flora and Fauna from the Court of the Emperor Rudolf II (Getty Publications, 1997) and The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy from the Court of the Emperor Rudolf II (Getty Publications, 2003), both coauthored with Thea Vignau-Wilberg.
Thea Vignau-Wilberg is the retired curator of Netherlandish prints and drawings at the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich. She is the author of the catalogue raisonné Joris and Jacob Hoefnagel: Art and Science around 1600, published in German and English in 2017.
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