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The Decoration of Medieval Manuscripts by Evelyn Cohen describes and illustrates Hebrew micrography. In "The Art of the Hebrew Book in the Twentieth Century, Leila Avrin describes the facsimile edition of David Moss' Haggadah, held by the Sackner Archive. The original was commissioned by Richard and Beatrice Levy. Also mentioned is Lynne Avadenka whose work is held by the Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book presents samples of classic historical Hebrew texts and scripts designed in the 20th century based on traditional scribal hands. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The two translucent pages are details of Fallini's micrographic writing of Umberto Eco's "Il nome della rosa." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Article includes illustrations of F. Depero's "Volume Imbullonato," and E. Pouchard's "Legeres Paroles," which are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Arthur Danto contributes an essay titled "Small Wonders " that he wrote in 2006 and is published for the first time in this catalog. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This copy is from the unsigned, unnumbered edition. The "Dream Chamber," a section of this book is an experimental, typographic tour de force by Sorel Etrog. The Sackner Archive holds a separate copy of the "Dream Chamber" that was published by Exile Editions in 1986. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poems depicted in this book are three dimensional reliefs of the words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book is shaped like a genie's oil lamp. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Susan Bernofsky writes in her introductory essay "Secrets, Not Code: On Robert Susan Bernofsky writes in "Secrets, Not Code: On Robert Walser's Microscripts" that Walser's "writing that initially looked like secret code...turned out to be a radically miniturized Kurrent script, the form of handwriting favored in German-speaking countries until the mid-twentieth century, when it was replaced by a Latinate form similar to that used in English." The recently published "Red Book" by Carl Jung contains many examples of this calligraphic script. Walter Benjamin contribted an essay about Walser's life and work that was first published in 1929.Amazon.com reviews: W. G. Sebald called Robert Walser "a clairvoyant of the small," and nowhere is the phrase more apt than in his "microscripts." Robert Walser wrote many of his manuscripts in a highly enigmatic, shrunken-down form. These narrow strips of paper (many of them written during his hospitalization in the Waldau sanatorium) covered with...

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This catalogue includes five critical texts analyzing visual poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Moss Haggadah was commissioned by Beatrice and Richard Levy. The Sackner Archive also holds the deluxe, limited edition of the Moss Haggadah. This hard cover edition is also known as the deluxe copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.