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Around a half 8-pointed star you can construct a regular gridof squares and rhombuses.
This combination is a wide spread basic scheme for muqarnas in Turkey.
The next applet how you can draw the outlines for muqarnas with different size around the half 8-pointed star. Fatin Uluengin gives Turkish examples fot the different options.
Click on the checkboxes to see how examples of plans fit within this tiling. Only the tiles at the edges diverge to fit with the border.
- 1-1: Sivas Sifaiye Madrassa
- 3-3: Ahlet: Hassan Padrisah Kümbeti
- 5-5: Erzurum Sultan kümbet
- 6-6: Kayseri Sultan Han
- 7-7: Kayseri Cifte Madrassa