Nature illuminated
Subtitle: flora and fauna from the court of the Emperor Rudolf II
By: Lee Hendrix and Thea Vignau-Wilberg.
Contributors: Hendrix, Lee.; Vignau-Wilberg, Thea.; Bocskay, Georg, d. 1575.; Hoefnagel, Joris, 1542-1601.; J. Paul Getty Museum.
Publisher: The J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Bocskay, Georg, d. 1575; Hoefnagel, Joris, 1542-1601.; Mira calligraphiae monumenta.; Botanical illustration -- Early works to 1800.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance.; Calligraphy -- Early works to 1800.; Miniature painting -- Early works to 1800.; Miniature painting, Renaissance.
Notes: A selection of forty-one pages of the manuscript Mira calligraphiae monumenta, comprising Joris Hoefnagel's illumination of Georg Bocskay's model book of calligraphy, now in the manuscript collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum.
"The illustrations in this book have been selected from Mira calligraphiae monumenta, first published by the J. Paul Getty Museum and Thames and Hudson, Ltd. in 1992. The texts have been adapted from the same volume."--T.p. verso.