n. [ Gr. &unr_; a sketch or description; e'ikw`n an image + &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The study of representative art in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

Christian iconography, the study of the representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]