PEP | Article - A glossary of important symbols in their hebrew, pagan and christian forms. Compiled by Adelaide S. Hall. Pp. iv + 103. Pub. by Bates and Guild Company, Boston, 1912.

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Abstract

A most interesting and helpful catalogue of symbols grouped under twenty-one classes, each of which is then subdivided according to religion and country, and finally the exact form and general significance of the symbol given in each instance. Some of the classes of objects treated are numbers, animals, angelic personages, architectural forms, gems, fruits, etc. Turning to one of them we see that for the Egyptians the pomegranate signified fertility because of its many seeds.

The book is valuable as a catalogue of several hundred symbols from which one may easily get a valuable suggestion as to a meaning which is obscure.

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