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Vol. 46 no. 2: Fall 2012

Blake’s Hebrew Calligraphy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.47761/biq.101
Submitted
18 October 2012
Published
12 May. 2022

Abstract

The exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum of William Blake’s World: “A New Heaven Is Begun” (Sept. 2009-Jan. 2010) provided an opportunity to examine closely Blake’s Hebrew calligraphy. Three works in the exhibition contain errors in forming Hebrew characters; some are deliberate to create clever visual illusions.