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Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta : A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel by Lee Hendrix and Thea Vignau-Wilberg (2020, Hardcover)

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PublisherGetty Publications

ISBN-101606066587

ISBN-139781606066584

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

Number of Pages424 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

TopicHandwriting, Techniques / Calligraphy, General, History / Medieval, Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, History / Renaissance, Decorative Arts

IllustratorYes

GenreDesign, Art, Reference, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorLee Hendrix, Thea Vignau-Wilberg

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight29 Oz

Item Length7 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2019-041637

ReviewsThose who do not own the 1992 edition will find the book of interest, particularly as a resource for graphic design, calligraphy, and art history in general. . . . Summing Up: Recommended., 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.

Dewey Decimal745.6/1

SynopsisNow back in print, "the ultimate booklover's gift book" -- Los Angeles Times Unavailable for nearly a decade, this gorgeous volume features over 180 color illustrations, as well as scholarly commentary and biographies of both artists, to inspire scholars, bibliophiles, graphic designers, typographers, and calligraphers. 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 (1542-1600), to embellish the work. The resulting book is at once a treasury of extraordinary beauty and a landmark in the cultural debate between word and image. Bocskay assembled a vast selection of contemporary and historical scripts for a work that summarized all that had been learned about writing to date--a testament to the universal power of the written word. Hoefnagel, desiring to prove the superiority of his art over Bocskay's words, employed every resource of illusionism, color, and form to devise all manner of brilliant grotesques, from flowers, fruit, insects, and animals to monsters and masks., Now back in print, "the ultimate booklover's gift book"-- Los Angeles Times Unavailable for nearly a decade, this gorgeous volume features over 180 color illustrations, as well as scholarly commentary and biographies of both artists, to inspire scholars, bibliophiles, graphic designers, typographers, and calligraphers. 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 (1542-1600), to embellish the work. The resulting book is at once a treasury of extraordinary beauty and a landmark in the cultural debate between word and image. Bocskay assembled a vast selection of contemporary and historical scripts for a work that summarized all that had been learned about writing to date--a testament to the universal power of the written word. Hoefnagel, desiring to prove the superiority of his art over Bocskay's words, employed every resource of illusionism, color, and form to devise all manner of brilliant grotesques, from flowers, fruit, insects, and animals to monsters and masks.

LC Classification NumberZ43.A3B63 2020