Manuscript, ink on vellum, dated 554 (1794). The entire biblical book of the Song of Songs is worked into an ornamental design using large Hebrew block letters and the minute letters called micrography. The word shir (song) is in the center. Though not a
Alternative Title:
Shir ha-shirim: [Brest, Belarus?], 1794
Description:
Forms part of the Sholem Asch Papers. and Scribe: Barukh ben Shemariyah mi-Briske-Lita.