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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- There is a book by Scott Kim called Inversions - that is his word, because he hadn't found any other standard term for it. He said Scot Morris of Omni magazine had proposed "designatures". I don't think that would fit in all cases, as Kim is dealing exclusively with calligraphy, where he writes names, etc. that can be read upside down as well as right side up. In the back of the book, he has list of images where he tells what he did with the words: rotation, reflection, etc. Hope this helps. Marti Pike Woodbury University Library Burbank, CA [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jewel Lowenstein Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 10:19 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: upside down images ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Does anyone know the term for an image which reads right side up as well as upside down? In a frontispiece of a book published in France in 1794 there is a portrait of a nobleman which reads as a beggar when you flip the book upside down. We were asked for the correct term to describe this phenomenon as the book is being used in an exhibition. We already tried BHA and AAT terms. THANKS.