Significance of conical and polyhedral domes in Persia and surrounding areas: morphology, typologies and geometric characteristics

DOI10.1007/S00004-012-0112-XMaRDI QIDQ468531zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Maryam Ashkan, Yahaya Ahmad

Publication date 7 November 2014

Published in Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-012-0112-x

zbMATH Keywords

Central Asiaconical domesdome morphologydome typologiesgeometryIranMiddle Eastpolyhedral domes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics and architecture (00A67) History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30)

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