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Tag Archives: Timurid
Darb-i Imam
The small Darb-i Imam shrine (1453), about 300 meters west of the Great Mosque, may in fact be one of the gems of Timurid architecture in Esfahan. The site is rather hidden in the labyrinthine lanes of the northern part of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Iran, Islam
Tagged aperiodic, Darb-i Imam, decagonal, Paul J. Steinhardt, Penrose tiling, Peter J. Lu, Peter R. Cromwell, self-similar, tesselations, Timurid
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Dazzling Tessellations
People in the West are rightly questioning the contributions of the Islamic World for the development and implementation of human rights or humanity, which are late achievements of the Enlightenment of the West of the 18th century; or peace in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Iran, Islam, Science
Tagged Bukhara, Darb-e Imam, decagonal symmetry, Esfahan, girih, iwan, Masjed-e Jomeh, Omar Khayyam, Paul J. Steinhardt, Penrose tiling, Peter J. Lu, quasi-crystalline, Samarqand, Seljuq, Timurid, Ulugh Beg
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