Nature illuminated : : flora and fauna from the court of the Emperor Rudolf II / [electronic resource] / Lee Hendrix and Thea Vignau-Wilberg.. — Los Angeles : : The J. Paul Getty Museum ,, c1997.. — 64 p. ; : col. ill. , 19 cm.

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.



ISBN: 0892364726 9780892364725

LCCN: 97199200

Subjects--Personal Names:
Bocskay, Georg, d. 1575
Hoefnagel, Joris, 1542-1601.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Mira calligraphiae monumenta.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
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.
Geïllustreerde handschriften.

LC Class. No.: QK98.2 / .M57 1997 Z43.A3 / B633 1997

Dewey Class. No.: 580/.22/2