In the 1590s, Joris Hoefnagel (1542 – 1600) illustrated Georg Bocskay’s (died 1575) manuscript of calligraphy whilst working as court artist to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. Hoefnagel, a self-taught artist from the Netherlands, added illuminations to Bocskay’s vast selection of contemporary and historical scripts, completed some three decades earlier (1561-62) when the Hungarian was … Continue reading "The Model Book of Calligraphy – An Illuminated Masterpiece (1591 – 1596)"