Pseudoheptagonal Mosaic from the Hodja Ahmad Tomb, Samarkand
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Pseudoheptagonal Mosaic from the Hodja Ahmad Tomb, Samarkand. / Makovicky, Emil.
In: Nexus Network Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3, 2019, p. 657-667.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Pseudoheptagonal Mosaic from the Hodja Ahmad Tomb, Samarkand
AU - Makovicky, Emil
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The pseudoheptagonal mosaic panel above the entrance to the mausoleum of Hodja Ahmad, Shah-i-Zindeh Necropolis in Samarkand, Uzbekistan consists of an intercrossed rib pattern on dark green background. It is a complex combination of eightfold rosettes with heptagons which enclose sevenfold stars. Analysis shows that it is based on a mixture of underlying 3.4.32.4 and 33.42 configurations, invisible in the final pattern. Eightfold elements are regular whereas the sevenfold ones are pseudoheptagonal approximations. Additional, larger-scale circles and festoons which result from the basic geometry, further enliven the pattern. The Hodja Ahmad mosaic may be understood as an attempt to develop further the heptagonal patterns based on the underlying 3.4.32.4 tiling of squares and triangles.
AB - The pseudoheptagonal mosaic panel above the entrance to the mausoleum of Hodja Ahmad, Shah-i-Zindeh Necropolis in Samarkand, Uzbekistan consists of an intercrossed rib pattern on dark green background. It is a complex combination of eightfold rosettes with heptagons which enclose sevenfold stars. Analysis shows that it is based on a mixture of underlying 3.4.32.4 and 33.42 configurations, invisible in the final pattern. Eightfold elements are regular whereas the sevenfold ones are pseudoheptagonal approximations. Additional, larger-scale circles and festoons which result from the basic geometry, further enliven the pattern. The Hodja Ahmad mosaic may be understood as an attempt to develop further the heptagonal patterns based on the underlying 3.4.32.4 tiling of squares and triangles.
KW - 3.4 base pattern
KW - Eightfold elements
KW - Hodja Ahmad mausoleum
KW - Pseudoheptagonal pattern
KW - Samarkand
KW - Sevenfold elements
KW - Shah-i-Zindeh necropolis
KW - Tympanum
U2 - 10.1007/s00004-018-0410-z
DO - 10.1007/s00004-018-0410-z
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85053716225
VL - 21
SP - 657
EP - 667
JO - Nexus Network Journal
JF - Nexus Network Journal
SN - 1590-5896
IS - 3
ER -
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