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LIMC is not only useful for upper level work. I regularly show it to undergradate classes and students for the plate volumes alone. The foreign language essays can intimidate but the images volumes are easy to use: arranged by person then by type (busts, single, group, narratives, etc.) in rough chronological order. On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Stylianopoulos, Louann (lws4n) < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Amy, > > The Amazon set for $6,600 sounds like the right price. LIMC is hard to > find and is essential for anyone doing iconography in a Humanities > discipline, but particularly in Greco-Roman art and Renaissance art. It > contains not only the authoritative entries on figures in Greco-Roman > mythology/religion but also a wealth of images not collated elsewhere. > > An online version of the French articles is emerging under LIMC, but to my > knowledge is nowhere near complete. There are entries in English, German, > Italian, and Greek(?). Our volumes are threadbare from use. Volumes of > its sister set Thescra are still being published. LIMC covers persons; > Thescra covers subjects. > > Best, > > -- Lucie > > Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos > Head of the Arts Libraries > Librarian for Archaeology and Classics > University of Virginia > Bayly Drive, PO Box 400131 > Charlottesville, VA 22904-4131 > 434-924-6604 > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > On 10/14/13 3:55 PM, "Amy Lynn Fry" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >We would like to purchase a copy of the reference set "Lexicon > >iconographicum mythologiae classicae (LIMC)." (See WorldCat record > >forwarded below.) Our reference collections librarian approved the > >purpose and placed a rush order in August for a copy through GOBI for > >$1800. They were unable to supply, the order was cancelled, and no one > >noticed. I asked her about it today and she said they identified a set > >from Amazon for $6600 which is beyond our budget. However, the faculty > >member who requested it was told we were getting it and has planned an > >assignment for her class to do, and I really don't want to have to tell > >her she's out of luck now. > > > >There is another one listed on Amazon for $50, but I suspect it's just > >one volume. We're checking into it. I've asked Worldwide Books, but our > >acquisitions librarian says it isn't in their catalog. Does anyone have > >any suggestions? > > > >Thanks, > >Amy > > > >Amy Fry > >Electronic Resources Coordinator > >Bowling Green State University > >Jerome Library > >Bowling Green, OH 43403 > >419.372.2690 > >[log in to unmask] > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: EXPORT E-MAIL [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > >Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:49 PM > >To: Amy Lynn Fry > >Subject: for possible BGSU purchase? see next email from S Langin-Hooper > > > >Record 1 of 1 > > WSU > >CALL # N7760 .L49 1981. > >CALL # 704.9/47/0938 19. > >TITLE Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae (LIMC) / > >[redaction, > > Hans Christoph Ackermann, Jean-Robert Gisler] > >IMPRINT Zurich : Artemis, c1981-c1997. > >DESCRIPT'N 8 v. in 16 : ill. ; 29 cm. > >NOTE English, French, German, and Italian. > >NOTE Vol. <2, pts. 1-2 > edited by P. Muller and C. Auge. > >NOTE Includes bibliographies. > >NOTE v.1. Aara-Aphlad -- v. 2. Aphrodisias-Athenas -- v. 3. > >Atherion- > > Eros -- v. 4. Eros-Herakles -- v. 5. Herakles-Kenchrias -- > >v. > > 6. Kentauroi et Kentaurides - Oiax -- v. 7. > >Oidipous-Theseus ; > > Indices v.1-2. > >SUBJECT Mythology, Classical, in art -- Dictionaries -- Polyglot. > >SUBJECT Mythology, Classical -- Dictionaries -- Polyglot. > >SUBJECT Dictionaries, Polyglot. > >OCLC # 9577512. > >ISN/STD # 3760887511 (set) > >LCCN 82225552// > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > >ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > >matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > >[log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > >http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > >Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~