“It became Hoefnagel’s task to think of illuminations that were every bit as extraordinary as this amazing writing.” The exquisite Renaissance manuscript Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta, or Monument of Miraculous Calligraphy, is the result of a unique partnership between two different artists working thirty years apart. From 1561 to 1562 the master calligrapher Georg Bocskay created … Continue reading "Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta"
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