| ISBN |
9004301968 (hbk.) |
| 9789004301962 (hbk.) |
| Title |
The arts of ornamental geometry : a Persian compendium on similar and complementary interlocking figures = Fī tadākhul al-ashkāl al-mutashābiha aw al-mutāwafiqa (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Ms. Persan 169, fols. 180r-199r) : a volume commemorating Alpay Özdural / edited by Gülru Necipoğlu ; with contributions by Jan P. Hogendijk, Elaheh Kheirandish, Gülru Necipoğlu, Alpay Özdural, and Wheeler M. Thackston |
| Publisher |
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 |
| Physical desc. |
374 p. ; ill., col. facsims. ; 28 cm. |
| Series |
Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture 13 |
| Note |
CBL illustrations: p. 26, fig. 8 (Is 1431, fols. 7v-8r). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: In memory of Alpay Özdural / Gülru Necipoğlu -- Ornamental geometries: a Persian compendium at the intersection of the visual arts and mathematical sciences / Gülru Necipoğlu -- An early tradition in practical geometry: the telling lines of unique Arabic and Persian sources / Elaheh Kheirandish -- A mathematical classification of the contents of an anonymous Persian compendium on decorative patterns / J.P. Hogendijk -- Preliminaries / Alpay Özdural -- Translation, transcription, and drawings: An English translation by Alpay Özdural of Fī tadākhul al-ashkāl al-mutashābiha aw al-mutāwafiqa (On similar and complementary and interlocking figures), edited and revised by Wheeler M. Thackston, with contributions by the other authors; accompanied by Wheeler M. Thackston's transcription of the Persian text and Alpay Özdural's drawings, with commentaries by Gülru Necipoğlu (based on 'Analyses', the second chapter in Alpay Özdural's unpublished book) -- Facsimile: a reduced-scale reproduction of Fī tadākhul al-ashkāl al-mutashābiha aw al-mutāwafiqa (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Ms. Persan 169, fols. 180r-199r). |
| Person as subject |
Özdural, Alpay -- Interlocks of similar or complementary figures -- Selections |
| Corporate name |
Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Subject |
Fī tadākhul al-ashkāl al-mutashābiha aw al-mutāwafiqa |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1431 |
| Generation of geometric forms -- Early works to 1800 |
| Geometry in art -- Early works to 1800 |
| Shapes -- Design -- Art -- Early works to 1800 |
| Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts) -- Early works to 1800 |
| Manuscripts, Persian -- France -- Paris -- Facsimiles |
| Added name(s) |
Necipoğlu, Gülru ed. |
| Özdural, Alpay |
