TY  - BOOK
AU  - Daneshvari,Abbas
TI  - Of serpents and dragons in Islamic art: an iconograpical study 
T2  - Bibliotheca Iranica. Islamic art and architecture series
SN  - 9781568592640 :
AV  - N7745.D73 D36 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Costa Mesa, CA
PB  - Mazda Publishers
KW  - Dragons in art
KW  - Serpents in art
KW  - Islamic art and symbolism
N1  - 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
ER  -