IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 1002: The Art of Script(ure): Letters as Visual Signs in Micrography and other Forms of Hebrew Calligraphy
Wednesday 13 July 2011, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Leeds |
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Organiser: | Eva Frojmovic, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Leeds |
Moderator/Chair: | Eva Frojmovic, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Leeds |
Paper 1002-a | Micrographic Bibles in Ashkenaz: First Findings and Further Questions (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Biblical Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1002-b | The Living Letters of Scripture (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Biblical Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1002-c | Decorative Micrography on the Title Page of Exodus in the Reuchlin Bible (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Biblical Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Abstract | The session will present interim results of research carried out by a research group working on the phenomenon of marginal text art since 2009. The Massora figurata is a running concordance gloss to the Hebrew bible text that, during the medieval period, was often copied in the form of micrography, i.e. decorative or figurative shapes formed by miniscule writing. Other commentary texts were also written in this micrographic format, for example in Haggadah manuscripts. Speakers will raise questions surrounding the social and intellectual history of this phenomenon of marginal micrography, which transcended the various geographical sub-groups in Judaism. |