Preface Pedram Khosronejad, University of St Andrews Introduction James W. Allan, University of Oxford Icon and Contemplation: Between Popular Art and Sufism in Im?mi Shi'ism Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes The Votive Image in Iranian Shi'ism Ingvild Flaskerud, Centre for Peace Studies, University of Tromsø The Horse of Imam Hossein: Notes on the Iconography of Shi'i Devotional Posters from Pakistan and India Jürgen Wasim Frembgen, Museum of Ethnology, Munich Prayer and Prostration: Im?mi Shi'i Discussion of Al-Sujud 'Al?al-Turba Al-Husayniyya Robert Gleave, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter When Nubuvvat Encounters Vel?yat: Safavid Paintings of the Prophet Mohammad's Mi'r?j, ca.1500-1550 Christiane Gruber, Indiana University From Orality to Visuality: Lions' Representation in Bakhtiari Oral Tradition and Material Culture Pedram Khosronejad, University of St Andrews The Pictorial Representation of Shi'i Themes in Lithographed Books of the Qajar Period Ulrich Marzolph, Georg August University Calligraphic Lions Symbolizing the Esoteric Dimension of 'Ali's Nature Raya Shani, Haifa University The Iconography of 'Ali as the Lion of God in Shi'i Art and Material Culture Fahmida Suleman, The Institute of Ismaili Studies Talismans from the Iranian World: A Millenary Tradition Ziva Vesel, French National Research Centre The Lion of 'Ali in Anatolia: History, Symbolism and Iconology Thierry Zarcone, GSRL, French National Research Centre.