#Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta

[cuties-in-codices]

"guide to the construction of letters"

pages from the "model book of calligraphy", vienna, originally created by georg bocskay from 1561-62, illuminated and expanded by joris hoefnagel, c. 1591–96

source: Getty Museum Collection, Ms. 20 (86.MV.527), fol. 143r-147r

#16th century #joris hoefnagel #mira calligraphiae monumenta #model book of calligraphy #guide to the construction of letters #georg bocskay #calligraphy #geometry #diagrams #hybrids #grotesques #illuminated manuscript

[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday

We return to our facsimile of a 16th-cnetury calligraphic manuscript, Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta, or Model Book of Calligraphy, written in 1561/62 by Georg Bocskay, the Croatian-born court secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, and illuminated 30 years later by Flemish painter Joris Hoefnagel for the grandson of Ferdinand I, Emperor Rudolph II. The manuscript was produced by Bocskay in Vienna to demonstrate his technical mastery of the immense range of writing styles known to him. To complement and augment Bocskay's calligraphy, Hoefnagel added fruit, flowers, and insects to nearly every page, composing them so as to enhance the unity and balance of the page’s design. Although the two never met, the manuscript has an uncanny quality of collaboration about it.

Our facsimile was the first facsimile produced from the collection at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. It was printed in Lausanne, Switzerland by Imprimeries Reunies and published by Christopher Hudson in 1992. 

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[itsaulgravy]

Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta: A 16th Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay & Illustrated by Joris Hoefnagel

Georg Bocskay, a master calligrapher & imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, created Mira calligraphiae monumenta (Model Book of Calligraphy) as an exhibition piece. He assembled a vast selection of contemporary & historic scripts. Many of these selections were not intended for use, but for display. The manuscript demonstrated Bocskay's fine tuned calligraphy skills. Georg passed away in 1575, shortly after this book was written.

Around 30 years later, Emperor Rudolph II commissioned Europe's last great manuscript illuminator, Joris Hoefnagel, to embellish Bocskay's manuscript. In an attempt to out-do Georg's exemplary calligraphy work, Joris used every color, resource of illusionism, & form to devise brilliant grotesques - from flowers, fruits, insects, & animals to monsters & masks.

The end result is an incredible & unique collection of art & penmanship - "a landmark in the cultural debate between word & image."

#Georg bocskay #joris hoefnagel #calligraphy #mira calligraphiae monumenta #16 century art #16th century #model book of calligraphy

[rozieramati]

Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta by Georg Bocskay 

[indigodreams]

Botany, Book, and Bugs by Mark Calderwood "The Mira calligraphiae monumenta was the last great illuminated manuscript created in Europe, the magnificent final flourish of a 1500 year tradition. But there is more to the Mira than its stunning beauty: it was a museum in miniature, a way for its courtly reader to examine and understand the world." 

read more here ~https://markcalderwood.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/botany-book-and-bugs/

[lucienballard]

Mira calligraphiae monumenta

Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish, / Hungarian, 1542 - 1600);

and

Georg Bocskay (Hungarian, died 1575)

#Joris Hoefnagel #Georg Bocskay

[themikecollective]

copied from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta images at the Getty museum.

i don't read latin, and have no idea what this says or even if i guessed what the letters were meant to be accurately

#csm #art #calligraphy practice #my art

[threegolddoves]

Guide to the Construction of Letters from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta illustrated by Joris Hoefnagel (about 1591–1596)

Getty Open Content

#quite possibly the most beautiful calligraphy guide I've seen #just looked up the first half of this book and oh my god it gets better #Joris Hoefnagel #renaissance illustration #calligraphy

[weantuniverse]

Page from a remarkable 16th-century book entitled Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy), the result of a collaboration across many decades between a master scribe, the Croatian-born Georg Bocskay, and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel. More here: https://buff.ly/2zEfX9l⠀ ⠀ (And buy as prints in our new online shop! https://buff.ly/2zErZja - link in bio) . (via tumblr_oz48l0potf1s4nqoyo1_1280.jpg (680×680))

[am--f]

Joris Hoefnagel, Mira calligraphiae monumenta

[youmight-know]

Mira calligraphiae monumenta

fols. 1-129 written 1561–1562; illumination added about 1591–1596

Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish, / Hungarian, 1542 - 1600), and Georg Bocskay (Hungarian, died 1575)

[ladiesbookofetiquette1862]

French Rose and Apple from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta (1561-1596)

#rose #apple #pome #calyx #peduncle #two headed calf #more like #two headed apple #art #renaissance art #renaissance

[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday

Sometimes, things in our collection still surprise me, even after 29 years. From our fairly sizable manuscript facsimile collection, I was surprised I had never encountered this little (5 X 7 in.) reproduction of a 16th-cnetury calligraphic manuscript, Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta, the first facsimile produced from the collection at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, printed in Lausanne, Switzerland by Imprimeries Reunies and published by Christopher Hudson in 1992. 

As the relatively new invention of printing came to dominate the production of books by the 1500s, the calligraphic inventiveness of scribes became prized for their aesthetic qualities rather than their production value. 

From 1561 to 1562, Georg Bocskay, the Croatian-born court secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, created this Model Book of Calligraphy in Vienna to demonstrate his technical mastery of the immense range of writing styles known to him. About thirty years later, Emperor Rudolph II, Ferdinand's grandson, commissioned the [Flemish painter] Joris Hoefnagel to illuminate Bocskay's model book. Hoefnagel added fruit, flowers, and insects to nearly every page, composing them so as to enhance the unity and balance of the page's design. -- Getty Museum Collection webpage.

Although the two never met, the manuscript has an uncanny quality of collaboration about it.

Today we only show 11 pages from the facsimile, but we hope to present more from this highly-inventive manuscript of calligraphic virtuosity in the future.

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-- MAX, Head, Special Collections

#Typography Tuesday #typetuesday #Typography Tuesday #Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta #Georg Bocskay #Joris Hoefnagel #calligraphy #letter forms #letters #J. Paul Getty Museum #Imprimeries Reunies #Christopher Hudson #illuminated manuscripts #facsimiles #manuscript facsimiles #Ferdinand I #Rudolph II

[esotikaprints]

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[wonder-rooms]

Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta (c. 1561–1596) - Georg Bocskay & Joris Hoefnagel

#Wonder Rooms #Cabinet of Curiosities #Public Domain #16th Century #Georg Bocskay #Joris Hoefnagel #The Model Book of Calligraphy #Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta #Calligraphy #Architecture and Design #Lettering #Nature in Design #Animals in Design #Natural History #Animalia #Amphibia #Anura

[rumforall]

Caterpillar, Pear, Tulip, and Purple Snail 1561–1562; illumination added 1591–1596, Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish / Hungarian, 1542 - 1600), and Georg Bocskay (Hungarian, died 1575) - via Getty Open Content

#joris hoefnagel #georg bocskay #mira calligraphiae monumenta #manuscript illumination #kunstkammer #botanical #botanical prints #botanical art #nature #16th century #16th century art #flemish #flemish art #hungarian #hungarian art