Sorry, had some details wrong. The real name of that amazing illuminated manuscript is the
Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta. Here's the scoop:
In 1561-62 Georg Bocskay, imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, inscribed the Mira calligraphiae monumenta as a testament to his preeminence among scribes. He assembled a vast selection of contemporary and historical scripts, which nearly thirty years later were further embellished by Joris Hoefnagel, Europe's last great manuscript illuminator.
It's small, the size of your hand. Here are two of the spreads.
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