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I've been asked to pass on the following... Dear G.P.W-M, The medieval religion list is rejecting my posting (because they don't recognize my university address, I guess. - I gave them my family web-page address.) If the following message would be of interest to the list, please post it. Thanks. PTC > > *** > Art historians have many indexes to check iconography. Your institution may > have a subscription to a powerful iconographic database: > > iconclass.let.ruu.nl/home.html > > Check the site out to see its power. > > From the level of questions that have been asked (I have only been subscribed > for a few days), it seems that many of you may not know sources art historians > keep at our fingertips. They are not "deep", but are sufficient to give a > basic understanding of how the symbols work. > > James Hall, Dictionary of Subject and Symbols in Art, NY: Harper & Row. My > edition 1974 cost $6.95 new! > > James Hall, Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art, NY: > HarperCollins, 1995. > > C.A.S. Williams, Outlines of Chinest Symbolism and Art Motives, now in a Dover > edition, from the original published in 1941. > > Pat Trutty-Coohill > WKU > > [log in to unmask] or patricia.trutty-coohill.com --- End Forwarded Message --- ---------------------- Graham Williamson-Mallaghan School of Classics and Theology Queens Building Queens Drive University of Exeter EX4 4QG 01392-676239 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Subscribe to my internet/e-mail discussion forum. Exchange ideas and make international academic contacts: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/later-roman-empire/