01321cam a22002774a 4500999001700000001000900017005001700026008004100043010001700084020003100101040001800132042000800150050002800158100002300186245009000209260004700299300003400346490007100380504006400451505029600515650002000811650002100831650003100852942003600883952012400919 c22705d227051685819120170124151538.0110706s2011 caua b 001 0 eng  a 2011028454 a9781568592640 (alk. paper) aDLCcDLCdDLC apcc00aN7745 b .D73D36 20111 aDaneshvari, Abbas.10aOf serpents and dragons in Islamic art :ban iconograpical study /cAbbas Daneshvari. aCosta Mesa, CA :bMazda Publishers,c2011. axxi, 236 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.0 aBibliotheca Iranica. Islamic art and architecture series ;vno. 13 aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-225) and index.0 aBackground 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. 0aDragons in art. 0aSerpents in art. 0aIslamic art and symbolism. 2lcccBOOKShN7745 .D73D36 2011 00102lcc4070aMUCbMUCcGENd2017-01-24eDonation(BFA)l0oN7745 .D73D36 2011p32087r2017-01-24w2017-01-24yBOOKS