Editing Micrography (section)

{{Short description|Art genre using minute Hebrew letters}}
{{about|images formed with tiny letters|photography using microscopes|Micrograph|miniaturized photographs|Microphotograph|the Chinese version of microcalligraphy|Microcalligraphy (Chinese)}}
[[File:A shiviti, Denmark.jpg|thumb|A [[shiviti]] from Denmark, with Hebrew text in the shape of a [[Menorah (Temple)|menorah]].]]
'''Micrography''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]], literally small-writing – "Μικρογραφία"), also called '''microcalligraphy''', is a [[Jew]]ish form of [[calligram]]s developed in the 9th century, with parallels in Christianity and Islam,<ref>[http://expositions.bnf.fr/parole/grand/134.htm Torah, Bible, Coran] (French)</ref> utilizing minute [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew letters]] to form representational, geometric and abstract designs. Colored micrography is especially distinctive because these rare artworks are customarily rendered in black and white.