A dictionary of symbols

Author(s)

• Cirlot, Juan Eduardo
• Sage, Jack

Bibliographic Information

A dictionary of symbols

by J.E. Cirlot ; translated from the Spanish by Jack Sage ; foreword by Herbert Read

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971

2nd ed

Other Title

Diccionario de simbolos tradicionales

Note

Previous ed.: 1962

Bibliography: p. 387-399

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The unvarying essential meanings of around 1,000 symbols and symbolic themes commonly found in the art, literature and thought of all cultures through the ages are clarified.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA03837255
• ISBN:
  • 071020017X
  • 0710071779
  • 0415036496
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: spa
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: lv, 419 p., [32] p. of plates
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN452.5
  • DC19 : 306/.4
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Cultures. Symbols -- Encyclopaedias
  • LCSH : Symbolism -- Dictionaries