CDHM The Miniature Way
April 2011, Issue 15
Dollhouse Tourism, Israel
Page 77

literary tradition focused on the importance of words, the folk art tradition brought visual representations of words and ideas to life.

Likewise, the Hebrew micrography takes the scribal art of calligraphy to bring words to life. This art, used by scribes to write Torah scrolls and other sacred books, creates images and symbols made up of words. Dating back to the ninth century, micrography uses a minute form of writing to create abstract patterns or form shapes, such as ritual objects or animals.

As with paper-cutting, micrography's emphasis is on sacred words. The art of micrography is about playing with those words--beautifying those words, illuminating them, drawing the eye to them in a fresh way. Also like paper-cutting, it is an art form keeping the importance of Jewish sacred literature intact. In fact, many scribes have used