An Abecedarium: Illuminated Alphabets from the Court of Emp.Rudolf II
Author: Lee Hendrix & Thea Vignau-Wilberg
Copyright: 1997
Format: Hardcover Pages: 64
Condition: New
"The illustrations in this book have been selected from Mira calligraphiae monumenta, first published by the J. Paul Getty Museum and Thames and Hudson, Ltd. in 1992. The texts have been adapted from the same volume." "The alphabets in this book were commissioned by the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, from the last of Europe's great illuminators, Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1601), at some point during the final decade of the sixteenth century."
Published By: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Price: $ 14.95
