ICONOGRAPHIC MEANING - Humanities
- Field label
- ICONOGRAPHIC MEANING
- Field mnemonic
- ICON
- Field name
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- Iconographic Meaning
- Signification iconographique
- Field definition
- This field describes the symbolic significance of the iconography (subject or image) of the object, and is used in conjunction with the Subject/Image field.
- Heading
- DESCRIPTIVE FIELDS
- Comments
- NOTE: This field has NOT been updated as part of the May 2010 Data Dictionary update. Priority for the Data Dictionary update was given to those fields that are required or strongly recommended for Artefacts Canada contribution. The Entry Rules for this field will be updated at a later date.
- Entry rules
- Enter the iconographic significance.
- Cataloguers rules
- See also, Subject/Image (SUB) and Subject References (SUBRF).
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Examples
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- Allegories of Death and Immortality
- allégories de la mort et de l'immortalité
- Discipline
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- Ethnology
- Art
- Source
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- Ethnology Task Force
- Fine and Decorative Arts Task Force
- Field label (French)
- SIGNIFICATION ICONOGRAPHIQUE
- Field mnemonic (French)
- ICON
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