vii, 340 pages 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references

Western awakening to the Orient -- Incrustation and inlay -- The decorative use of Arabic lettering in the West -- The zoomorphic frieze -- Hunting in the East and West -- Combats and tournaments -- Predators as expressions of power -- The kinship of heroes -- Primeval dragon myths and their late survival -- The dragon genera in Orient and Occident -- The ascension theme -- Fabulous vehicles of ascension -- Lions as guardians and bearers -- Elephants and atlantes -- Fused and interlocked fauna

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