An illustrated encyclopaedia of traditional symbols
In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, J.C. Cooper has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. Lively, informative and often ironic, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arcti...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Thames and Hudson
1999
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Add Tag | Summary: | In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, J.C. Cooper has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. Lively, informative and often ironic, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquios to Oceania, and coming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Tantra, the cult of Cybele and the Great Goddess, the Pre-Columbian religions of the Western Hemisphere and the Voodoo cults of Brazil and West Africa. |
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| Physical Description: | 208 pages illustrations 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0500271259 9780500271254 |
The illustrated book of signs & symbols 
Signs & symbols