An illustrated encyclopaedia of traditional symbols : with 210 illustrations / J. C. Cooper.
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TextLanguage: Turkish Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1984Copyright date: ©1978Edition: ReprintedDescription: 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0500271259 (paperback)Subject(s): Symbolism -- Dictionaries | Signs and symbols -- DictionariesLOC classification: BL603 .C66 1984Summary: 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. 210 black-and-white illustrations https://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Encyclopaedia-Traditional-Symbols/dp/0500271259
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207).
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. 210 black-and-white illustrations
https://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Encyclopaedia-Traditional-Symbols/dp/0500271259