Curved Islamic Star Patterns of Medieval Egypt and Syria
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B. Lynn Bodner: Curved Islamic Star Patterns of Medieval Egypt and Syria. In: Bridges 2015. Pages 45–52
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Abstract
This paper discusses and illustrates seven of the most interesting and beautiful curved Islamic star patterns, found either on historic monuments in Egypt and Syria or illustrated in Bourgoin's 1879 book, entitled Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design [1], or both. The patterns — some considered masterpieces from the Mamluk period — were found on bronze or wooden doors or carved wooden minbars and are comprised of circular arcs, alone or in combination with line segments. Many of these curved patterns also have analogous “twins” constructed only of line segments. We present plausible Euclidean constructions of three of the patterns, which may all be categorized as belonging to the p4m, p6m or cmm crystallographic groups.
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@inproceedings{bridges2015:45,
author = {B. Lynn Bodner},
title = {Curved Islamic Star Patterns of Medieval Egypt and Syria},
pages = {45--52},
booktitle = {Proceedings of Bridges 2015: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture},
year = {2015},
editor = {Kelly Delp, Craig S. Kaplan, Douglas McKenna and Reza Sarhangi},
isbn = {978-1-938664-15-1},
issn = {1099-6702},
publisher = {Tessellations Publishing},
address = {Phoenix, Arizona},
note = {Available online at \url{http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2015/bridges2015-45.html}}
}
Used References
[1] Bourgoin, J. (1973). Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design, Dover Publications. Original 1879.
[2] Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation Islamic Art Network Photo Archive, available at http://www.islamicart. org/PhotoArchive/.
[3] Pattern in Islamic Art: The Wade Photo Archive, available at http://www.patternsinislamicart.com
[4] http://renaissancetours.com.au/?attachment_id=1701
[5] https://www.google.com/search?q=al-mustansiriya
[6] Bodner, B. L. “From Sultaniyeh to Tashkent Scrolls: Euclidean Constructions of Two Nine- and Twelve-Pointed Interlocking Star Polygon Designs,” in Nexus Network Journal, Vol.14 No.2 (autumn 2012).
[7] http://www.elazhar.com/mosque_eu/61.asp
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