The Migration of Symbols

A designer's collection of several hundred signs used across the ancient world and the Middle Ages, each drawn in clean woodcut form with a short note on what it meant. The reference to reach for when you need a shape identified.

Rudolf Koch

A guide to the symbols painters used and the stories behind them, from the circle and the triangle to the attributes that identify each saint. Written for people who want to read a picture rather than just look at it.

Elizabeth E. Goldsmith