Part 5518

<i>Schaff-Herzog Encyc.</i>

<h1>Iconographer</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I`co*nog"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A maker of images.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<h1>Iconographic</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I*con`o*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to iconography.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Representing by means of pictures or diagrams; <as>as, an <ex>icongraphic</ex> encyclop\'91dia</as>.</def>

<h1>Iconography</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I`co*nog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a sketch or description; <?/ an image + <?/ of describe: cf. F. <ets>iconographie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; <as>as, the <ex>iconography</ex> of the ancients</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The study of representative art in general.</def>

<cs><col>Christian iconography</col>, <cd>the study of the representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Iconolater</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I`co*nol"a*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ an image + <?/ to worship: cf. F. <ets>iconol\'83tre</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who worships images.</def>

<h1>Iconolatry</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I`co*nol"a*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Iconolater</er>.]</ety> <def>The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from <i>idolatry</i>, the worship of images themselves.</def>

<h1>Iconology</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I`co*nol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ an image + <?/ discourse: cf. F. <ets>iconologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. <er>Iconography</er>.</def>

<h1>Iconomachy</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I`co*nom"a*chy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a war against images; <?/ an image + <?/ fight.]</ety> <def>Hostility to images as objects of worship.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Iconomical</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I`co*nom"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ image + <?/ fight.]</ety> <def>Opposed to pictures or images as objects of worship.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Iconophilist</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I`co*noph"i*list</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ an image + <?/ to love.]</ety> <def>A student, or lover of the study, of iconography.</def>

<h1>Icosahedral</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I`co*sa*he"dral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Icosahedron</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Having twenty equal sides or faces.</def>

<h1>Icosahedron</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I`co*sa*he"dron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ twenty + <?/ seat, base, fr. <?/ to sit.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces.</def>