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European Columbines and Sweet Cherry
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Page from a remarkable 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. In the early 1560's, while secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, Bocksay produced his Model Book of Calligraphy, showing off the wonderful range of writing style in his arsenal. Some 30 years later (and 15 years after the death of Bocskay), Ferdinand's grandson, who now owned the book, commissioned Hoefnagel to add his delightful illustrations. It would prove to be, as The Getty, who now own the manuscript, comment, "one of the most unusual collaborations between scribe and painter in the history of manuscript illumination". (Image source: The Getty)
Plate 9, Hexacoralla Ernst HaeckelFrom $40 / Size: S M L XL
Man and Octopus Ogawa KazumasaFrom $40 / Size: S M L
Louis Renard's Fish, Plate XIII Louis Renard (after Samuel Fallours)From $40 / Size: S M
Plate 72, Muscinae Ernst HaeckelFrom $40 / Size: S M L XL
Opium Poppy, Bladder Campion, and Broad Bean Joris HoefnagelFrom $40 / Size: S M
Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents, Plate III Charles OwenFrom $40 / Size: S
Greenfinch Barbara Regina DietzschFrom $40 / Size: S M L
Plate 71, Stephoidea Ernst HaeckelFrom $40 / Size: S M L XL



