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The drawing consists of the linear, almost micrographic, handwritten ink text upon which two abstract figures executed in gray-black watercolor are superimposed . -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This collection of wedding documents reproduced from the original Ketubot designed adn drawn by David Moss are bound in three volumes. The first is titled Traditon: Ten Ketubot Inspired by the Illuminated Manuscript Tradition. The second volume is titled Transition: Portals of Passage: Ten Ketubot in the Form of Gates. The third volume is titled Transformation: Innovation: Ten Ketubot in Non-Traditional Styles. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue mentions that Fahrner's works are held by Sackner Archive. -- 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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This book includes papers presented at a three day conference on Hebrew manuscripts. It is also designated as Nr.547 of Colloqyes Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Thirty of the 36 pqges are visual poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Subtitled "Les Mysteres de la Levitation," this book is a hommage to Blaise Cendrars. The handwritten text, laid out wihout punctuation marks and in with wave-like horizontal lines, on successive engravings, becomes progressively smaller until the last page is micrographic. A B.C. on the box edge and on the third engraving probably signifies "to B[laise] C[endrars]." -- 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.

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The colored image of Jerusalem is outlined with hand printed Hebrew text of the entire book of Leviticus from the Testament. The main chapters of the book are written slightly larger format. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was a gift from Arthur Jaffe in honor of the Sackners' 50th wedding anniversary. The hard cover book duplicates with illustrations and explanations the Ketubot (Jewish wedding contracts) created by David Moss from 1971 to the present. The portfolio contains prints of the Seven Blessings recited at a Jewish wedding ceremony. Love Letters was reviewed in the July 2005 issue of Letter Arts Review. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The pilaster is an architectural element in classical architecture used to give the appearance of a supporting column and to articulate an extent of wall, with only an ornamental function. It consists of a flat surface raised from the main wall surface, usually treated as though it were a column, with a capital at the top, plinth (base) at the bottom, and the various other elements. In contrast to a pilaster, an engaged column or buttress can support the structure of a wall and roof above. Two photographs by Miglietta are held by the Sacker Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The drawing consists of three uneven columns of words with the suffix of "mania." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Amazon.com: Matthias Buchinger (1674--1739) performed on more than a half-dozen musical instruments, some of his own invention. He exhibited trick shots with pistols, swords and bowling. He danced the hornpipe and deceived audiences with his skill in magic. He was a remarkable calligrapher specializing in micrography"•handsome, precise letters almost impossible to view with the naked eye"•and he drew portraits, coats of arms, landscapes and family trees, many commissioned by royalty. Amazingly, Buchinger was just 29 inches tall, and born without legs or arms. He lived to the ripe old age of 65, survived three wives, wed a fourth and fathered 14 children. Accompanying the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition Wordplay: Matthias Buchinger's Inventive Drawings from the Collection of Ricky Jay, the book is a cabinet containing a single, multifaceted wonder, refracted through author Ricky Jay's scholarship and storytelling. Alongside an unprecedented and sumptuously reproduced selection...

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The background of this drawing is an unevenly painted, grey surface. The markings are drawn in columnar form. On the upper right corner, there is a drawing of an opened book with facing pages of micrography. Melin's music scores are conjectured and not intended to be played although in fact, a few have been performed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.