Maltese Cross, Mussel, And Ladybird
by Getty Research Institute
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Maltese Cross, Mussel, And Ladybird
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Getty Research Institute
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Photograph - Photograph
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"Maltese Cross, Mussel, and Ladybird," a page of calligraphy accompanied by an illustration from around 1591-96. The calligrapher Georg Bocskay was one of the greatest scribes of the 1500s and he included a variety of texts in different languages in his Model Book of Calligraphy. This page was illuminated by the artist Joris Hoefnagel. It includes a trompe l'oeil cut in the middle, through which the flower is inserted.
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