Check the numerous work os Clarence P. Hornung, especially the Handbook of Designs and Devices, currently published by Dover. This $5.95 paperback is very handy for a detailed organization of basic designs and their variations. It may get you started. H. Morgan Hicks Art Institute of Seattle/University of Washington "We're all travelling exhibits." On Fri, 25 Mar 1994, William A. Broom wrote: > A colleague needs to find a source of standardized terminology > for decorative patterns, motifs and ornaments used on bookcovers > and bindings. Examples of the items which he would like to > identify would be meandering geometric patterns, leaf patterns, > trefoils, lozenges, leaves within lozenges, finials and so forth. > > If you know of such a source, I would appreciate receiving that > information by my direct email address rather than the listserv. > > I will post a single listing of any sources sent to me. > > Many thanks. > > -Bill Broom Dept. of Art & Art History, Duke University > [log in to unmask] >