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Compares the iconography of St. George and St. Theodore with Islamic "warrior-saints."
Kuehn’s research highlights the "Common Culture" of the medieval Near East. She demonstrates that despite religious differences, Christian and Muslim artists used a nearly identical visual vocabulary to express fears of the unknown and the majesty of the divine.
A summary of a (e.g., on the iconography of the "knotted" dragon). Kuehn, The Dragon in Medieval East Christian an...
Focuses on the dragon as a protective guardian of portals and palaces.
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Kuehn, Sara. The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art . Leiden: Brill, 2011. Core Thesis
Analyzes the "pearl-boring" dragon and the "knotted" dragon body. If you'd like to dive deeper into this
Examines talismans used to ward off the "Evil Eye" or celestial eclipses.