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A DICTIONARY OF SYMBOLS
A
DICTIONARY
OF SYMBOLS
Second Edition
by
J. E. CIRLOT
Translated from the Spanish by
JACK SAGE
Foreword by Herbert Read
LONDON
Translated from the Spanish
IONARIO DE SIMBOLOS TRADICIONALES
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2001.
English translation
© Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1962
Second edition 1971
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data available.
ISBN 0–415–03649–6 (Print Edition)
ISBN 0-203-13375-7 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-18928-0 (Glassbook Format)
CONTENTS
FOREWORD page ix
INTRODUCTION xi
DICTIONARY 1
BIBLIOGRAPHY
OF PRINCIPAL SOURCES 387
ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 389
INDEX 401
PLATES
Between pages 104 and 105
I. Roman sculpture incorporating symbolic motifs
II. Modesto Cuixart. Painting, 1958
III. Portal of the church of San Pablo del Campo, Barcelona
IV. Silver chalice, from Ardagh, Co. Longford
V. Tenth-century monument at ois
VI. Chinese version of the cosmic dragon
VII. A renaissance relief, from the Doge’s Palace at Venice
VIII. Capitals, monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos
IX. Early Christian Symbol—thirteenth-century gravestone
X. Gothic fountain—Casa del Arcediano, Barcelona
XI. ione, The Storm
XII. Roman statue of the Twins
XIII. Gothic Miniature of The Apparition of the Holy Grail
XIV. ***, Garden of Delights
XV. Portal of the Romanesque cathedral at Clonfert, Co. Galway
XVI. Chinese symbol of heaven
Between pages 296 and 297
XVII. Archetypal image of the Archangel
XVIII. Celtic candelabra incorporating symbolic horse and solar wheel
XIX. Antonio Tapies. A painting, 1958
XX.