The Topkapi scroll: geometry and ornament in Islamic architecture. With an essay on the geometry of the muqarnas by Mohammad al-Asad
Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1995. 59 color plates reproduce at half size the 114 patterns of the entire scroll from late 15th-to-16th-century Iran. In addition, there are scores of illustrations and diagrams in black and white. 395 pp. Black cloth with..... More