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Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta book nature illustrations - 9/14/2009 1:07:51 PM

AnnieM

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I'm reading "The Time Traveler's Wife" and in the book, the husband mentioned an expensive book that he wanted for Christmas, The Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta. I did a google search and it is gorgeous. If you like beautiful old calligraphy, illuminated manuscripts, or the old botanical and nature illustrations, this is gorgeous. The Getty main page told a little of the history of the book. The links below will show you some pages from the book at the Getty, and their page links to other books based on this one. I can see why the Time Traveller wanted this book!

http://www.getty.edu/bookstore/titles/nature.html

http://www.getty.edu/bookstore/samples/abedar_smp.shtml

http://www.getty.edu/bookstore/samples/nature_smp.shtml

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RE: Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta book nature illustrations - 9/14/2009 4:53:58 PM

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omg those are incredible

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RE: Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta book nature illustrations - 9/14/2009 6:02:14 PM

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I want this book!

It's gorgeous!

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RE: Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta book nature illustrations - 9/14/2009 6:33:08 PM

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very beautiful, thanks for sharing

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RE: Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta book nature illustrations - 9/14/2009 7:44:49 PM

AnnieM

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I see that it costs $150

*gulp*
Looks like I won't be owning it any time soon.

And here's the main page link with the history (forgot to post this one).

http://www.getty.edu/bookstore/titles/mira.html

And here's another link that I didn't see on the above page, about a 16th century woman artist who defied convention and painted beautiful botanical and nature paintings.

http://www.getty.edu/bookstore/titles/insects.html

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