Intangible spirits and graven images : the iconography of deities in the pre-Islamic Iranian world /
In 'Intangible Spirits and Graven Images', Michael Shenkar investigates the perception of ancient Iranian deities and their representation in the Iranian cults. This ground-breaking study traces the evolution of the images of these deities, analyses the origin of their iconography, and eva...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2014.
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Colección: | Magical and religious literature of late antiquity ;
v. 4. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Matter
- Introduction
- Written Sources
- Iconographic Pantheon
- Intangible Spirits: Iranian Aniconism
- Graven images: Iranian Anthropomorphism
- Conclusions
- Iranian Dynasties
- Bibliography
- Indexes
- Figures
- Color Plates.