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May 01, 2008

Mira calligraphiae monumenta (Getty Museum)

These are very well done, although perhaps a little strange to the modern sensibility -- seven sets of facing pages from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta, c. 1595, by Joris Hoefnagel (watercolors, gold paint, silver paint, ink on parchment and paper).

You can read about Herr Hoefnagel here

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