The Topkap Scroll

The Topkap Scroll Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture : Topkap Palace Museum Library MS H. 1956 - Sketchbooks & Albums

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Timurid pattern scroll in the collection of the Topkapi Palace Museum Library is a rich and valuable source of information, particularly since few architectural drawings and no theoretical treatises on architecture remain from the premodern Islamic world. The scroll, with its 114 individual geometric patterns for wall surfaces and vaulting, is

Book information

ISBN: 9780892363353
Publisher: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities
Imprint: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities
Pub date:
DEWEY: 720.22255
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 395
Weight: 3574g
Height: 339mm
Width: 279mm
Spine width: 51mm