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Micrography and Hebrew figurative calligraphy

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המיקרוגרפיה והקליגרפיה העברית הצוּרנית

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A Jewish decorative technique forming images and ornamental motifs out of minuscule lines of Hebrew text, often Masoretic. Appearing in medieval Eastern Bibles, it adorns manuscripts, marriage contracts and amulets. Micrography illustrates how the prohibition of images was circumvented through writing itself.

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