- Hardcover: 64 pages
- Publisher: J. Paul Getty Trust (10 July 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0892364726
- ISBN-13: 978-0892364725
- Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 13.9 x 1.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,642,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
jewel-like illustrations and astounding calligraphy - magica,
By A Customer
This review is from: Nature Illuminated (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) (Hardcover)
This wonderful little hardback book is fascinating for adults and children alike. With jewel-like illustrations of flowers, fruit, nuts, insects etc - mostly from life, but some imaginary - and astounding calligraphy, it is a delight to the eye. Forget the overblown and pretentious text - just enjoy the pictures! Highly recommended.
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4.9 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews) 19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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Medieval Butterflies, Sea Shells, Plants = #41 Manuscripts,
By J. Bryant "t0problemsolver" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Nature Illuminated (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) (Hardcover)
If you want to see colorful manuscipts that show a varity of medieval insects, plants, flowers, fruit, sea shells, initials, designs, and even a few animals, then this is the book for you. There are 41 full color manuscripts to choose from. At the end of the book, are discriptions of each manuscript, listing the medieval name for each. Example: The identifications of specimens proceed from top to bottom and from left to right. Common names have been provided whenever possible. In the case of the insect identifications, British English common names have been used, since most of the specimens represented do not exist in the United States. Where a different American common name is known, it has been included following the British Name, seperated by a slash. The names of higher taxonomic groups (families and orders) have been printed in roman type, while genus and spicies names appear in italics.Folio 1 Rotunda script in "trace letters"Vinca minor L,: Common periwinkleMalus domestica Borkh,:Common appleLacerta(?):LizardFolio 5 Antiqua scriptMatthiola incana (L.) R. Br.: GillyflowerEphemeroptera: MayflyDiptera Cyclorrhapha Heleomyzidae (?):FlyPulmonata Helicidae Cepaea sp.: Garde SnailEnd Example.A great sorce of Medieval Nature.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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A teaser but great none the less.,
By Vinson Gracia "0h4Crying0utLoud" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Nature Illuminated (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) (Hardcover)
I have never seen such an amazing compilation of manuscripts and calligraphic examples. I was blown away. The only problem is that the dang pages are so small!! It seems like some detail is lost. This is a big problem for anyone who wants to master some the writing techniques. The Mira calligraphea is the same dang size so no help there either. If anyone knows where I can find larger views please let me know!!!! vinson.gracia@gmail.com
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Good things come in small packages,
By Arbutusrose Hermann - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Nature Illuminated (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) (Hardcover)
For such a small book, this is crammed with new ideas for both calligraphy and drawing from Nature. You have to look close, and have an idea of how techniques can be applied, but this book will serve as an inspiration for my work for years to come!
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