Image Making in Byzantium, Sasanian Persia and the Early Muslim World: Images and Cultures 9781000949612, 9781138375246, 9780754659495, 1000949613

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Image Making in Byzantium, Sasanian Persia and the Early Muslim World: Images and Cultures
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