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[MICROGRAPHY]

Notre Père en micrographie
€120 - €180

La prière du Notre Père sur un petit cercle de 9 mm de diamètre. Daté circa 1850. On y joint une carte de visite avec le nom 'Emile Roegiers' en écriture microscopique

Micrography (from the Greek 'micrographia,' meaning small writing) is an art form first developed by Jewish scribes in Egypt and Israel around the 9th Century. Traditionally, Jewish artists were banned from drawing images of living creatures. However, rabbinical rulings permitted forms that might optically appear to be of banned subjects to be constructed, as long as they were composed entirely of calligraphy. During the early modern age in Central Europe, following the influence of Jewish artists, micrography was picked up by a small number of Christian artists