Symmetry, sympathy, and sensation: talismanic efficacy and slippery iconographies in early thirteenth-century Iraq, Syria, and Anatolia
P Berlekamp - Representations, 2016 - JSTOR
P Berlekamp
Representations, 2016•JSTORTalismans drawing on the combined iconographies of lions and dragons proliferated on the
walls and doors of cities and civic institutions in early thirteenth-century Iraq, Syria, and
Anatolia. This article examines them in light of three different medieval theoretical models,
seeking to shed light on why intelligent people in their original milieus might have expected
such talismans to have protective power.
walls and doors of cities and civic institutions in early thirteenth-century Iraq, Syria, and
Anatolia. This article examines them in light of three different medieval theoretical models,
seeking to shed light on why intelligent people in their original milieus might have expected
such talismans to have protective power.
Talismans drawing on the combined iconographies of lions and dragons proliferated on the walls and doors of cities and civic institutions in early thirteenth-century Iraq, Syria, and Anatolia. This article examines them in light of three different medieval theoretical models, seeking to shed light on why intelligent people in their original milieus might have expected such talismans to have protective power.
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