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Dillmont, Th. de, ed.
D.M.C. Point de Marque [5] 5me Serié, Mulhouse, Dollfus Mieg & Cie (first pub c.1920), via.


Dillmont, Th. de, ed.
D.M.C. Point de Marque [4] IVme Série. Mulhouse, Dollfus-Mieg & Cie., [first pub c. 1900, this printing c.1934, 20 pgs.] Via.

Hebrew ASCII from the 1200s. Or micrography, as it’s also called.

On this page, the scribe has identified himself as Eliezer son of Samuel by creating a calligram in the shape of the letters of his own name. The calligram (lines of text of unequal length written in parallel rows and forming a design) is a continuation of the text of the previous page concerning the laws of the holiday of Sukkot.

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The 1800s Jacquard looms and its punched cards. Images from around the interwebz.

Cross sea at Île de Ré, France. The waves of two weather systems meet and create a dangerous grid.

By Darokin, 2013. Original source no longer online (2024).

Micrography by J. Sofer in France, ca 1910.

Popular postcards featuring the micrographic portraits of renowned rabbis were produced in Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century. The portrait of Rabbi Kahn, formed from a French text, is drawn from his writings.

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Telecartes – phone cards for Minitel.

via Minitel Research Lab