Comment on "Decagonal andQuasi-Crystalline Tilings in MedievalIslamic Architecture"

Emil Makovicky

doi:10.1126/science.1146262

Comment on "Decagonal andQuasi-Crystalline Tilings in MedievalIslamic Architecture"

Emil Makovicky

Geology

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Abstract

Lu and Steinhardt (Reports, 23 February 2007, p. 1106) claimed the discovery of a large, potentially quasi-crystalline Islamic tiling in the Darb-i Imam shrine but regard the earlier Maragha tiling, previously described as quasiperiodic, as a small isolated motif. We demonstrate that the Darb-i Imam pattern is periodic and that the quasi-crystalline discs superimposed on its lattice are derivatives of the Maragha pattern.

Original language	English
Journal	Science
Volume	318
Pages (from-to)	1383a-
ISSN	0036-8075
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1146262
Publication status	Published - 2007

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