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PREFERRED TERM
Iconography  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Medieval Latin "īconographia". It refers to the description of the pictures, drawings, or engravings which are in a textile, taking into account their symbolic representation, and the features that identify them.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Genre iconographique

French

Tipologia iconografica

Italian

Tipo iconográfico

Spanish

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