The Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta is a “Model Book Of Calligraphy” created in 1561–1562 by Georg Bocskay – court secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I. It was illuminated 30 years later by painter Joris Hoefnagel illuminated the book. The result is “… one of the most unusual collaborations between scribe and painter in the history of manuscript illumination.”
The Getty Museum Collection digitized the book and made it available online – but their viewer app is restrictive. I’ve made it simpler to view & download below. Note that clicking an image below will bring up a detailed 13Mb version of it. The work is in the public domain – so you can do anything you want with it.
You can learn more about this book from the Getty Art + Ideas podcast episode about it.
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