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The Hebrew Alphabet; Mira calligraphiae monumenta, 1561-1562; illumination added 1591-1596. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel.

The Hebrew Alphabet; Mira calligraphiae monumenta, 1561-1562; illumination added 1591-1596. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel.

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The Hebrew Alphabet; Mira calligraphiae monumenta, 1561-1562; illumination added 1591-1596. Additional info: In the 1500s, as printing became the most common method of producing books, intellectuals increasingly valued the inventiveness of scribes and the aesthetic qualities of writing. From 1561 to 1562, Georg Bocskay, court secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, created this Model Book of Calligraphy to demonstrate his technical mastery of the immense range of writing styles known to him.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Joris Hoefnagel, attributed to: Flemish: Artist, manuscript illustrator
People Related
  1. Georg Bocskay: Hungarian: Author
Medium
  1. Watercolours, gold and silver paint, and ink
Picture Type
  1. Folio
  2. Manuscript
  3. Recto
Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4200x6342
File Size : 78,037kb

Aliases

  1. 86.MV.527.35
  1. Ms. 20 (86.MV.527), fol. 35
  1. 1200005468
  1. 3-041-781
  1. 3041781
  1. 86.MV.527.35

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