Topkapi scroll

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January 09, 2008

A panel of the Topkapi scroll in Istanbul, Turkey. The large girih tiles subdivide into smaller ones to create overlapping patterns at different length scales. This scroll was a user manual for architects and contains designs that were widely used.

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