book of knowledge

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Traditionalists believe Divane Hafiz of Shiraz is the book of knowledge, containing everything from poetry to philosophy.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2012

Naturally, Ionides is a living book of knowledge on the ways of the snake.

From Time Magazine Archive

I hope, however, what I have said in this last page will not discountenance those worthy characters who are employed in opening the book of knowledge to the eyes of the ignorant.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

Below, open book of knowledge radiating light in all directions.

From The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth by Barry, John D. (John Daniel)

Below is the book of knowledge, the curtains of darkness drawn back that the light may radiate from its open pages.

From The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Mullgardt, Louis Christian