Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta: A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel

by Lee Hendrix and Thea Vignau-Wilberg

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606066587
• ISBN13: 9781606066584
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.4" x 7.6"