An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols
J. C. Cooper
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| 'Entries are succinct, erudite and cover many cultures' | | – Financial Times |
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.
With over 200 illustrations and lively, informative and often ironic texts, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceana, 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.
Also of interest:
1000 Symbols
Signs,Symbols and Ciphers
Freemasonry: Symbols, Secets, Significance
Reading Buddhist Art: An Illustrated Guide to Buddhist
Signs & Symbols
The Goddess: Unearthing the Hidden Symbols of
Western Civilization |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500271259 | | ISBN-13 978-0500271254 | | | | 24.1 x 15.9 cm | | Paperback | | 208pp | | 210 illustrations | | First published 1979 | | | | £9.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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