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Webster 1913 Edition

Iconography

Iˊco-nog′ra-phy

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a sketch or description;
εἰκών
an image + [GREEK] of describe: cf. F.
iconographie
.]
1.
The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons;
as, the
iconography
of the ancients
.
2.
The study of representative art in general.
Christian iconography
,
the study of the representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Iconography

ICONOG'RAPHY

,
Noun.
[Gr. an image, to describe.] The description of images or ancient statues, busts, semi-busts, paintings in fresco, mosaic works, and ancient pieces of miniature.

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