Octagons & Four Pointed Stars

Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Black Pavilion from Khamsa of Nizami, Iran, 1548 AD

Detail with the pattern

Four Point Stars

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Bronze Door, Seville Cathedral, Spain

Some very similar pattern, procession of the guilds from Surname-i Hümayun

Eight&Four Point Star

Gök Medrese, Amasya, Turkey

Interlocking Octagons

interlocking octagons from caglar on Vimeo.

 

The spandrel of Muradiye Camii (Muradiye Mosque) in Bursa/Turkey.

Stone carving on the portal niche of Darüşşifa (hospital) in Divriği/Turkey.(Slightly different from the pattern in the animation)

  The pattern is based on four point stars in contact.

 

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