The Book of Signs contains classified and documented illustrations, collected, drawn, and explained by the celebrated typographer Rudolf Koch. Divided into 14 different categories, it includes General Signs, The Cross, Monogram of Christ, Other Christian Signs, Monograms of Medieval Church and State Leaders, Stone Masons' Signs, The Four Elements, Astronomical Signs, Astrological Signs, Cited by: The Book of Signs contains classified and documented illustrations, collected, drawn, and explained by the celebrated typographer Rudolf Koch. Divided into 14 different categories, it includes General Signs, The Cross, Monogram of Christ, Other Christian Signs, Monograms of Medieval Church and State Leaders, Stone Masons' Signs, The Four Elements, Astronomical Signs, Astrological Signs, /5. 8 rows · · The Book of Signs. Rudolf Koch. Courier Corporation, - Art - pages. 1 Review. 3/5(1).
"The Book of Signs" is an illustration-rich collection of Byzantine, medieval and related European symbols. The Dover Publications edition is a clean softcover edition of the work which is printed in the author Rudolf Koch's "magere deutsche" typeface (a Gothic / old-style German typeface similar to those used in Germany in the 19th century and earlier). Type designer, typographer, calligrapher, teacher. Rudolf Koch - born in Nuremberg, Germany, died in Offenbach, Germany trains as an engraver in Hanau. trains as an art teacher at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Nuremberg and at the Technische Hochschule in Munich. publishes the "Rudolfinische Drucke" with Rudolf Gerstung. founds the Offenbacher. About the book The Book of Signs by Rudolf Koch: This unusual collection of primitive and medieval symbols provides one of the most fertile single sources of decorative ideas available today. It is also a graphic history of the development of written communication and offers a singular insight into the psychology of the primitive mind.
The book of signs, which contains all manner of symbols used from the earliest times to the Middle Ages by primitive peoples and early Christians. by. Koch, Rudolf, Publication date. Rudolf Koch’s Book of Signs is a wonderful collection of medieval, astrological, chemical and other symbols, all drawn (written) by Koch with edged pen. This makes them easily incorporated into calligraphic works. Koch was an extremely important calligrapher, type designer, and Offenbach Workshop (liturgical art) coordinator in the late 19th into early 20th centuries. Among them are Byzantine monograms, the signs of the Cross, the Holy initials, sto nemaso n's signs, the signs of the four elements, and botanical, astrological and chemical signs. They have been redrawn and explained by Rudolf Koch himself, a nd cut on wood by Fritz Kredel.
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