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Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum : illuminated manuscripts
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ISBN: 0892364459 Year: 1997 Publisher: Los Angeles Getty Museum

Medieval Armenian manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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ISBN: 0520097920 9780520097926 Year: 1999 Volume: 14 Publisher: Berkeley University of California press


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Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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ISBN: 0520096878 9780520096875 Year: 1991 Volume: 2 7 Publisher: Berkeley University of California press

Mira calligraphiae monumenta : a sixteenth-century calligraphic manuscript inscribed by Georg Bocskay and illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel / Lee Hendrix and Thea Vignau-Wilberg
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ISBN: 089236212X Year: 1992 Publisher: Malibu J. Paul Getty Museum

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In 1561-62, Georg Bocskay, imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, inscribed the Mira calligraphiae monumenta as a testament to his preeminence among scribes. He assembled a vast selection of contemporary and historical scripts, which nearly thirty years later were further embellished by Joris Hoefnagel, Europe's last great manuscript illuminator. This book, now in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, is reproduced here in complete facsimile form, accompanied by a commentary that includes a full description; a discussion of its patron, Rudolf II, and his cultural and historical milieu; the biographies of Hoefnagel and Bocskay; and an analysis of the manuscript's role in their careers. The introduction discusses the broader issues raised by the manuscript. Topics include Hoefnagel's nature imagery, which encompasses plants, fruits, and small animals, and its relation to the spread of interest in botany and zoology at the end of the sixteenth century. Another topic is calligraphy and its place in the art and culture of the sixteenth century. The manuscript's remarkable calligraphy will be of particular interest not only to scholars but to collectors, graphic designers, and typographers as well.

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