Alpay Özdural, "Interlocks of Similar or Complementary Figures: Collaboration of Mathematicians and Artisans in the Islamic World," unedited full copy of the original book manuscript submitted to Supplements to Muqarnas in 2003.
posted on 2017-08-25, 12:46authored byAlpay Özdural
A study of Islamic ornamental geometry
based on a late medieval Persian manuscript (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, titled Fī
tadākhul al-ashkāl al-mutashābiha aw al-mutāwafiqa, Ms. Persan 169). Arguing that
mathematics played a major role in Islamic architectural practice and
ornamental design, the author interprets the mathematical properties of each geometrical
construction in this illustrated primary source, accompanied by his own
drawings of their step-by-step construction methods.