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principal centers of sixteenth-century botany. A number of prominent
Netherlandish botanists, like Carolus Clusius and Rembert Dodoens, were at
one time employed by him. Both Maximilian and Rudolf built gardens in which
to cultivate botanical rarities, including those in the grounds of the
imperial court in Prague. It is perhaps in this context that one should view
the exquisite illuminations of plants and animals found in Rudolf's Mira
calligrahiae monumenta [the actual name of the work; the English version
given is the Model Book of Calligraphy.]

Mathilde

on 4/20/02 8:25 AM, Terry Decker at t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net wrote:

> Carolus Clusius was the director of the Botanical Gardens in Vienna for
> Maximilian II, Rudolf's father, and held that position for a while during
> Rudolf's reign.  Some of the illustrations may be of plants Clusius added to
> the collection.  Any tulips in the illustrations?
>
> Bear
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