DM 20.00, free of charge for subscribers to the index. 500,000 works of art and architecture. Since some of the images date from the 19th century, and the index provides reproductions from different periods for the same work, this collection is also a source for research on the changing state of a work of art over time. It also documents art since destroyed, damaged or lost. The descriptions of the works are generally readable and informative, which is not always true of microfiche collections of this kind.
Organization is topographic.
The printed user's aid is not helpful. This collection does for art in France what the Marburger Index, above, does for art in Germany. Among its 100,000 images are many older reproductions, especially of architecture and architectural sculpture. The photos of Rheims Cathedral from the turn of the century are a unique source, for example. Organization is topographic.