The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy from the Court of the Emperor Rudolf II more books like this

by Lee Hendrix, Thea Vignau-Wilberg, Thea Vignau Wilberg

The court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II produced nothing more amazing than the Mira colligrophioe monumenta, a flamboyant demonstration of two arts-calligraphy and miniature painting. The project began when Rudolf's predecessor commissioned the master calligrapher Georg Bocskay to create a model book of calligraphy. A preeminent scribe, Bocskay ...

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Nature Illuminated: Flora and Fauna from the Court of Emperor Rudolf II more books like this

by Getty Trust, Thea Vignau-Wilberg (Editor), Lee Hendrix (Editor)

The court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II produced nothing more amazing than the Mira calligraphiae monumenta, a brilliant demonstration of two arts--calligraphy and miniature painting. The project began when Rudolf's predecessor, Ferdinand I, commissioned master calligrapher Georg Bocskay to create a model book of calligraphy. A preeminent scribe ...

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An Abecedarium: Illuminated Alphabets from the Court of Emperor Rudolf II more books like this

by Getty Trust, Thea Vignau-Wilberg (Editor), Lee Hendrix (Editor)

Included in the magnificent pages of the Mira calligraphiae monumenta are two alphabets. Executed by an unknown hand, the first consists of Roman capital letters; the other is Gothic lower-case letters. As with the calligraphy of Bocskay described above, these alphabets were embellished by Joris Hoefnagel, a painter at the court of Rudolf II. In ...

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