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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Burckhardt, Titus. [Art de l’islam. English] Art of Islam : language and meaning / Titus Burckhardt ; foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr ; introd. by Jean-Louis Michon. — Commemorative ed. p. cm. — (Sacred art in tradition) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-933316-65-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Art, Islamic. I. Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. II. Michon, Jean-Louis. III. Title. N6260.B8713 2009 709.17’67--dc22 2008045561
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