The frescoes clearly followed the Hellenistic Jewish iconographic tradition but they are more crudely done than the paintings of the nearby synagogue.
"There is an iconographic and liturgical tradition which must be followed," explained Msgr.
Both have iconographic traditions, not covered here.
One iconographic tradition shows God himself painting the Virgin's form on the mantle.
The Book of Kells follows many of the iconographic and stylistic traditions found in these earlier manuscripts.
Thus the iconographic tradition of drawing successive scenes to illustrate the pageant of life through time is not even two centuries old.
In hispanic iconographic tradition Saint Joseph is often depicted with a branch of spikenard in his hand.
This gave rise to a literary and iconographic tradition lasting to John Milton and Shelley.
There are more than thirty distinguishable forms of Ganesha in the Japanese iconographic tradition.
Gandharan art often depicts Buddhist subjects but does so in a style that reflects both Western and Eastern iconographic traditions.