Micrography

This article is about images formed with tiny letters. For photography using microscopes, see Micrograph. For miniaturized photographs, see Microphotograph. For the Chinese version of microcalligraphy, see Microcalligraphy (Chinese).
A shiviti from Denmark, with Hebrew text in the shape of a menorah.

Micrography (from Greek, literally small-writing – "Μικρογραφία"), also called microcalligraphy, is a Jewish form of calligrams developed in the 9th century, with parallels in Christianity and Islam,[1] utilizing minute Hebrew letters to form representational, geometric and abstract designs. Colored micrography is especially distinctive because these rare artworks are customarily rendered in black and white.

  1. ^ Torah, Bible, Coran (French)