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Of serpents and dragons in Islamic art : an iconograpical study / Abbas Daneshvari.
LIBRA N7745.D73 D36 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daneshvari, Abbas.
- Series:
- Bibliotheca Iranica. Islamic art and architecture series ; 13.
- Bibliotheca Iranica. Islamic art and architecture series ; no. 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dragons in art.
- Serpents in art.
- Islamic art and symbolism.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Costa Mesa, CA : Mazda Publishers, 2011.
- Contents:
- Background information
- Names, types and attributes
- The intrepid hero
- Astrocosmological symbolism of the dragon
- The dragon at the navel of the earth
- Hybrid representations of dragons and serpents
- Dragons, opium and "the kitab al-diryaq"
- Dragons in the cult of the saints.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781568592640
- 1568592647
- OCLC:
- 740281709
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