Intersecting squares: applied geometry in the architecture of Timurid Samarkand

DOI10.1080/17513472.2018.1468178MaRDI QIDQ5374491zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ma'moun Sakkal

Publication date 14 September 2018

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/17513472.2018.1468178

zbMATH Keywords

Bibi Khanum Mosquedouble squareIslamic geometrypatternSamarkandSquare Kufic calligraphyTimurid architecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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