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Erzurum - Hatuniye madrassa

The plan of the muqarnas above the entrance of the Hanuniye madrassa from 1253 isn't built up with a set of basic figures.
  • In next applet you can fommow stepwise the construction of rays out of a central point.
  • On these rays centers of circles are defined.
  • These circles defines stars.
  • The space around these stars are filled up with irregular figures.
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The result in the plan of the muqarnas is
  • a circle of five connected 5-pointed stars,
  • a circle of six 7-pointed stars,
  • two additional 9-pointed stars.
Below you can see Shiro Takahashi's drawing:
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