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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Iconography \I`co*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? a sketch or
description; e'ikw`n an image + ? 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.
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2. The study of representative art in general.
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{Christian iconography}, the study of the representations in
art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels,
saints, virtues, vices, etc.
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