Title: The book of signs :
Authors: Koch, Rudolf,; Koch, Rudolf,; Holland, Vyvyan Beresford,
Date: 1955
Publisher: Dover Publications,
Physical description: 104 p. : illus. ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC classification: A
Abstract: Contains a collection of over four hundred primitive and medieval symbols, including Christian, stone mason, astronomical, botanical, and chemical signs.
Contents: General signs -- The cross -- The monogram of Christ or chrismon -- Other Christian signs -- The monogram -- Stonemasons' signs -- The four elements -- Astronomical signs -- Astrological signs -- Botanical signs -- Chemical signs -- House- and holdings-marks -- Signs from various sources -- Runes.
Notes: "An unabridged republication of the English translation first published ... in 1930." "The illustrations in this book were once cut on wood by Fritz Kredel ..."
Subject headings (LCSH): Middle Ages.; Signs and symbols.