The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596): A Stunningly Detailed Illuminated Manuscript Created over Three Decades

Whenever a technology develops just enough to become interesting, someone inevitably pushes it to extremes.

Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta, a masterpiece to behold, is available online thanks to Getty Museum

The Model Book of Calligraphy - An Illuminated Masterpiece (1591 - 1596) - Flashbak

The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596): A Stunningly Detailed Illuminated Manuscript Created over Three Decades

File:Mira calligraphiae monumenta (Model Book of Calligraphy) Joris Hoefnagel 1596 Ms.20 (86.MV.527) fol. 149v guide for constructing the ligature oe (enhanced image by Rawpixel).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta: A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel: Hendrix, Lee, Vignau-Wilberg, Thea: 9781606066584: : Books

Model Book of Calligraphy - Ziereis Facsimiles

Exquisite Views of Nature in a 16th-Century Book

File:Mira calligraphiae monumenta (Model Book of Calligraphy) G. Bocskay 1562 J. Hoefnagel illumination 1596 Ms.20 (86.MV.527) fol. 082 french marigold (enhanced image by Rawpixel).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta - Getty Museum Store