01478cam a22003014a 4500 22705 22705 16858191 20170124151538.0 110706s2011 caua b 001 0 eng 2011028454 9781568592640 (alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC pcc N7745 .D73D36 2011 Daneshvari, Abbas. Of serpents and dragons in Islamic art : an iconograpical study / Abbas Daneshvari. Costa Mesa, CA : Mazda Publishers, 2011. xxi, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliotheca Iranica. Islamic art and architecture series ; no. 13 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. Dragons in art. Serpents in art. Islamic art and symbolism. lcc BOOKS N7745 .D73D36 2011 0 0 lcc 0 0 MUC MUC GEN 2017-01-24 Donation(BFA) 0 N7745 .D73D36 2011 32087 2017-01-24 2017-01-24 BOOKS