Paperblanks Pink Carnation Journal Collection_Il Magnifico black and silver cover

black and silver cover

this fine writing instrument will continue to write beautiful for many years and is a welcome addition to any pen collection

Some are born to be moguls

Popularly known as the Red Baron

or the "Chinese phoenix

Paperblanks Pink Carnation Journal Collection_Il Magnifico black and silver coverOne of the most celebrated manuscript illumination artists was Joris Hoefnagel. In the 1590s the Emperor Rudolf II commissioned Hoefnagel to add his illuminations to the Mira calligraphiae monumenta, a mid 16th century manuscript on the art of calligraphy. The page reproduced here is known as Damselfly, Carnation, Insect, Caterpillar, Ladybird, English Walnut, and Marine Mollusk.