Architecture and narrative: The khwaja abu nasr parsa shrine. Part 2: representing the complex in word and image, 1696-1998

Muqarnas

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 78-108

  McChesney, R D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 62949150155     PISSN: 07322992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22118993_01901009     Document Type: Review

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