Al-buraq, Copenhagen Nationalmuseet, Dept. of Ethnography; Inv. DA 758
The inspiration for the Al-buraq, according to T.W. Arnold (1965: 119), was drawn from many pre-Islamic representative traditions in western Asia, including the centaur of Babylon, the 'man-headed bulls' of Assyria and the Sphinx.
Sir Thomas W. Arnold: Painting in Islam; 1965, page 119
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Al-buraq, Copenhagen Nationalmuseet, Dept. of Ethnography; Inv. DA 758
The inspiration for the Al-buraq, according to T.W. Arnold (1965: 119), was drawn from many pre-Islamic representative traditions in western Asia, including the centaur of Babylon, the 'man-headed bulls' of Assyria and the Sphinx.
Sir Thomas W. Arnold: Painting in Islam; 1965, page 119
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