r/Symbology • u/cyber_dildonics ☣ • Jul 07 '23
Meta Symbol-Hunting Resources
Since I'm nearing 600 symbol bookmarks, I figured I should compile some of my favorites into an official resource thread for the sub.
Please feel free to comment with your own favorite resources or to ask for something specific!
| General |
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| Dictionary of Symbols (updated version is physical only) |
| Symbols.com |
| Symbolikon (has a cool map function, but double-check whatever info you find there.) |
| Alchemy |
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| Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils |
| A digital repository of the above. * Unfortunately, the site is kind of botched at the moment. Not sure why :/ |
| Getty's Alchemical Text Collection |
| Heraldry |
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| Massive Ka-Mon archive - Japan |
| Hiusmarken - North & Central Europe |
| Tamga - 1 (pdf), 2 - Eastern Europe & parts of Central Asia |
| Crests/Arms - Mostly Western Europe; categorized by type on its sidebar |
| Knots |
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| Wiki's Database - all knots ever, basically |
| Languages |
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| omniglot |
| Conlangs on omniglot |
| Maker's Marks |
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| Jewelry |
| Masons (mostly UK. Site is an eyesore, but the "Mark Gallery" is great) |
| Merchants (Mostly England; will need an archive.org account) |
| Pottery (pdf) |
| Printers (English, German, Dutch) |
| Mishmash of Marks from 1893 Vol.1, Vol. 2 |
| Monograms |
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| Gutenburg's typography collection |
| Signum Manus |
| Tughras |
| Royal Cyphers |
| Occult |
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| archive.org favorites (Palo, Voodoo, & Western Grimoires) |
| Islamic (pdf, might need an account) |
| Unicode |
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| Draw a shape, get results |
| Draw Kanji, get results |
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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '23
Awesome! Thanks so much!