Of serpents and dragons in Islamic art and related animals : an iconograpical study /

In the medieval Muslim world, the dragon was the most frequently represented fabulous beast. This applied across styles and media and in both sacred and secular contexts. Yet its prominence is marked by seemingly contradictory representations. Like Plato's "Pharmakon, "; the dragon wa...

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Main Author: Daneshvari, Abbas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Costa Mesa, CA : Mazda Publishers, 2021.
Edition:Expanded and revised edition.
Series:Bibliotheca Iranica. Islamic art and architecture series ; 13.
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