Fájl:Mira calligraphiae II. fol 151v.JPG

Eredeti fájl(529 × 768 képpont, fájlméret: 389 KB, MIME-típus: image/jpeg)

Összefoglaló szerkesztés

Kép Bocskay György, Mira calligraphiae monumenta (1561-62) című művéből, melyet Joris Hoefnagel illuminált

fol. 151v, 404. lap

Folio 151V

ffi

As on the second page of the Roman majuscule alphabet, the patron of the illuminations is honored here, on the codex's final folio. This is also the only place in the manuscript where Joris Hoefnagel sheds his anonymity. The top half of the page is dedicated to Emperor Rudolf II. The double-headed eagle wears a breastplate with his initial. The two heads jointly hold a laurel wreath, a symbol of glory, in their beaks. Their talons clasp lightning flashes, signifying power. The eagle's heads are protected by a double canopy. The imperial crown is shown in the middle of the canopy above the laurel wreath. Laurel branches and palm fronds, symbols of glory and triumph, honor the emperor.

The artist used the lower half of the page as if it were a colophon. At the bottom, he painted his own emblem: a horseshoe and nail (Hoef-nagel), the nail entwined with a G (Georgius). In addition, he furnished the picture with one of his mottoes, "In defectu valor" (Value lies in imperfection). The year 1596 is given as the year the illumination was completed (Absolutum Anno 1596). A ribbon, threaded through the horseshoe, is connected at the left to various brushes, drawing pens, and a right angle; at the right are a drawing pencil and compass. Bowls and shells for mixing pigments as well as other utensils essential to the miniaturist are also represented. Emblematic of Hoefnagels dual talents as humanist and artist are the twin depictions of owls, the bird of Minerva, wearing her helmet and holding the caduceus of Mercury in their claws. A paintbrush has been substituted for the staff of each caduceus.84 Minerva as the goddess of science and Mercury as the god of the fine arts have thus been conflated into an allegory of Hermathena. Olive branches symbolize the peace and contentment resulting from the pursuit of the arts and sciences under good government.

Lee Hendrix and Thea Vignau-Wilberg: Mira calligraphiae monumenta: A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel. THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM MALIBU, I992

[1]

Licenc szerkesztés

Fájltörténet

Kattints egy időpontra, hogy a fájl akkori állapotát láthasd.

Dátum/időBélyegképFelbontásFeltöltőMegjegyzés
aktuális2014. szeptember 1., 12:47Bélyegkép a 2014. szeptember 1., 12:47-kori változatról529 × 768 (389 KB)Szegedi László (vitalap | szerkesztései)Kép Bocskay György, Mira calligraphiae monumenta (1561-62) című művéből, melyet Joris Hoefnagel illuminált fol. 151v, 404. lap Folio 151V ffi As on the second page of the Roman majuscule alphabet, the patron of the illuminations is honored…

Az alábbi lapok használják ezt a fájlt:

Metaadatok