GUEST SPEAKER
CATERED LUNCH
SHORT BUSINESS MEETING
This is an in-person event only
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This event is for members only, no guests
You must be a member both when you register and when the event is held.
There is a very limited number of seats available; there will be a waitlist generated if the event is filled.
Guest Speaker
Larisa Grollemond, Assistant Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Getty Museum
"A Unity of Script and Image: The Getty’s Hoefnagel Manuscript"
The Getty’s Mira Calligraphae Monumenta (the Model Book of Calligraphy) is an incredible testament to the inventiveness of scribes and the aesthetic qualities of writing. The 16th-century court secretary to Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, Georg Bocskay first created the manuscript in Vienna to demonstrate his technical mastery of the immense range of writing styles known to him. About thirty years later, Emperor Rudolph II, Ferdinand's grandson, commissioned Joris Hoefnagel to illuminate Bocskay's model book. Hoefnagel added fruit, flowers, and insects to nearly every page, one of the most unusual collaborations between scribe and painter in the history of manuscript illumination. This lecture will explore this exceptional manuscript, a true unity of script and image.
Larisa Grollemond has been Assistant Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Getty Museum since 2017 after earning her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research areas include late medieval and Renaissance French illuminated manuscripts and paintings, early printing, and modern medievalisms. Her exhibition projects have included Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World (2019), Blurring the Line: Manuscripts in the Age of Print (2019), The Fantasy of the Middle Ages (2022), Graphic Design in the Middle Ages (2023-2024), and most recently, Blood: Medieval/Modern (2024).
Location:
1418 Descanso Drive
La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
Abundant free parking in lot adjacent to gardens, including accessible parking
For questions, contact Chava Gerber at programs@societyforcalligraphy.org
