Of serpents and dragons in Islamic art : an iconograpical study / Abbas Daneshvari.
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TextSeries: Bibliotheca Iranica. Islamic art and architecture series ; no. 13Publication details: Costa Mesa, CA : Mazda Publishers, 2011Description: xxi, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781568592640 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Dragons in art | Serpents in art | Islamic art and symbolismLOC classification: N7745 | .D73D36 2011
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-225) and index.
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.
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