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020 _a9781568592640 (alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aN7745
_b .D73D36 2011
100 1 _aDaneshvari, Abbas.
245 1 0 _aOf serpents and dragons in Islamic art :
_ban iconograpical study /
_cAbbas Daneshvari.
260 _aCosta Mesa, CA :
_bMazda Publishers,
_c2011.
300 _axxi, 236 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
490 0 _aBibliotheca Iranica. Islamic art and architecture series ;
_vno. 13
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-225) and index.
505 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.
650 0 _aDragons in art.
650 0 _aSerpents in art.
650 0 _aIslamic art and symbolism.
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_cBOOKS
_hN7745 .D73D36 2011