Kuehn, The Dragon In Medieval East Christian An... Guide

Reliefs on city gates (e.g., Baghdad and Aleppo) and church facades.

Kuehn’s research highlights the "Common Culture" of the medieval Near East. She demonstrates that despite religious differences, Christian and Muslim artists used a nearly identical visual vocabulary to express fears of the unknown and the majesty of the divine. Kuehn, The Dragon in Medieval East Christian an...

Compares the iconography of St. George and St. Theodore with Islamic "warrior-saints." Reliefs on city gates (e

Links the dragon to the lunar nodes ( Jawzahar ) in medieval astrology. Compares the iconography of St

This work explores the visual language and shared symbolism of the dragon across the Islamic world and Eastern Christendom (Byzantium, Armenia, Georgia, and Syria) from the 11th to the 13th centuries. Kuehn argues that the dragon was not merely a monster to be slain, but a complex cosmological figure representing power, protection, and the cyclical nature of time. Key Themes