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Al-Bawwab Koran girih - A black and white drawing of a decorative design

Al-Bawwab Koran girih - A black and white drawing of a decorative desi...

Qur'an of Ibn Al-Bawwab (Baghdad, 391 AH, 1000-1001 AD). Fronticepiece with interlacing octagons and tuluth script.

Dado panel2 - Egypt - A close up of a decorative pattern on a wall

Dado panel2 - Egypt - A close up of a decorative pattern on a wall

Dado panel from Mamluk Egypt (first half of 15th century). Polychrome marble mosaic. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Panel 29 - A picture of a wall with a pattern on it

Panel 29 - A picture of a wall with a pattern on it

Complete panel 28 from the Topkapi scroll, where the red dotted lines mark the boundaries of the girih tiles. The black and red lines correspond to girih tiles at two different scales, as shown in File:Panel28... More

Panel 50

Panel 50

Panel 50 from the Topkapi Scroll. The red lines indicate the outlines of girih tiles used to create the girih pattern in black.