Intangible spirits and graven images : the iconography of deities in the pre-Islamic Iranian world /

Intangible spirits and graven images : the iconography of deities in the pre-Islamic Iranian world /

Winner of the the Roman and Tania Ghirshman Prize 2015 by the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. This prize was established in 1973 by the donation made by Roman Ghirshman, one of the prominent French archaeologists of Pre-Islamic Iran. It is awarded annually for a publication in th...

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Main Author: Shenkar, Michael.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Series: Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity 4.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287389.

Subjects:

To 1500
Gods in art.
Art, Ancient > Iran.
Antiquities.
Art, Ancient.
Art and religion.
Civilization.
Iran > Antiquities.
Iran > Civilization > To 640.
Iran.
History.

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Call Number: N8191.I7 S54 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • Written Sources
  • Iconographic Pantheon
  • Intangible Spirits: Iranian Aniconism
  • Graven images: Iranian Anthropomorphism
  • Conclusions
  • Iranian Dynasties
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes
  • Figures
  • Color Plates.