Islamic geometric designs from the Topkapı Scroll I: unusual arrangements of stars

DOI10.1080/17513470903311669zbMath1198.51007OpenAlexW2055196283MaRDI QIDQ3590067

Peter R. Cromwell

Publication date: 17 September 2010

Published in: Journal of Mathematics and the Arts (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17513470903311669

zbMATH Keywords

symmetryTopkapı scrollIslamic artstar pattern

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15) Tilings in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C20) Reflection groups, reflection geometries (51F15) Mathematics and visual arts (00A66)

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Cites Work

• The search for quasi-periodicity in Islamic 5-fold ornament
• The eighty-one types of isohedral tilings in the plane
• Islamic Geometric Patterns

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