Of serpents and dragons in Islamic art

an iconograpical study

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Abbas Daneshvari
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Publisher
Mazda Publishers
Language
English

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Of serpents and dragons in Islamic art: an iconograpical study
2011, Mazda Publishers
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Costa Mesa
Series
Bibliotheca Iranica. Islamic art and architecture series -- no. 13

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
704.9/4897
Library of Congress
N7745.D73 D36 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24907229M
ISBN 13
9781568592640
LCCN
2011028454
OCLC/WorldCat
740281709

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