Sujet

Fly, Caterpillar, Pear, and Centipede;Mira calligraphiae monumenta,1561-2; illumination added 1591-6 Creator: Joris Hoefnagel.

Légende

Fly, Caterpillar, Pear, and Centipede; Mira calligraphiae monumenta, 1561-1562; illumination added 1591-1596. Additional Info: Georg Bocskay, one of the greatest scribes of the 1500s, included a variety of texts in different languages in his 'Model Book of Calligraphy'. The texts are incidental to the calligraphy, which is conceived for its beauty and originality and as a display of virtuosity. On this page Bocskay presented a Latin prayer, beginning Deus (God), employing an elaborate angular script, gold filler for the last line, and ornate flourishes above and below the text. Thirty years later, when illuminator Joris Hoefnagel painted the blank space left at the bottom of the page, he carefully coordinated his image with the script already on the page. Hoefnagel painted a pear, caterpillar, centipede, and hover fly in colors that harmonize with those of the text.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A75_430

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

133,7Mo (9,4Mo) / 48,2cm x 69,5cm / 5693 x 8209 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature Latin animal religious fruit plant plants arts country religion writing science insect insects art book color design caterpillar fly botanical Christianity prayer Hungary Hungarian text location century literature concept pear botany manuscript lettering watercolour calligraphy Colour gold paint graphic design 16th century centipede sixteenth century illuminated manuscript manuscript Joris Hoefnagel Georg Bocskay Bocskay Hoefnagel Joris Georg George Hoefnagel Georg Houfnagel Houfnagel Georg Hoefnagel George Heritage Art folio recto Watercolours gold and silver paint and ink Mira calligraphiae monumenta The Model Book of Calligraphy