| Translated title | The Adventure of the Written Word. Beginnings |
| Editors & Curators |
Annie Berthier, Anne Zali. |
| Imprint |
Paris, France, 1997. 223 pp., illustrations: 95 col., 91 b&w, 27 × 20 cm. French. |
| ISBN |
2717720235 |
| Location |
Bibliothèque Nationale de France (4 November 1997–17 May 1998) |
| Description |
The history and uses of all kinds of script (Egyptian, Chinese, Hebrew, African, Greek, Latin, Japanese, Persian, Arabic, etc.) from the earliest days onward. Hebrew script is discussed by Michel Garel in “L’ écriture hebraique” [Hebrew Writing], pp. 94–97, and “Un pratique d’ ecriture insolite: la micrographie hébraïque” [An Unusual Writing Practice: Hebrew Micrography], pp. 204–207, and in Muriel Debie’s essay on the writing of the Divine Name in Jewish and Islamic tradition (pp. 218–221). No itemized listing. |
| Description | |
| main keywords |
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTSHEBREW SCRIPTMICROGRAPHY |
| minor keywords |
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bibles |