Links

www.archnet.org - An unsurpassed resource for every aspect of Islamic architecture.
www.tilingsearch.org - An extensive database that provides a comprehensive collection of geometric tiling patterns, and the means of locating them

www.al-bab.com - ‘An open door to the Arab world’
www.artstor.org - A huge U.S. based digital library with donations from many major museums; holds a high-resolution selection of Wade-Archive images
www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/washington/taprats/ - Computer-generated Islamic star-patterns; Craig Kaplan
www.discoverislamicart.org - ‘The Museum With No Frontiers’; an extensive virtual museum with a Permanent Collection and regular Exhibitions
www.islamic-art.org - The Islamic Art Network: excellent Egypt specific site

Geometric and Group-theoretic Methods for Computer Graphic Studies of Islamic Symmetric Patterns, Abas, S.J. & Salman, A - www.scribd.com/doc/13377656/Geometric-and-GroupTheoretic-Methods-for-Computer
Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam, Akkach, S [pdf]
Grid method Classification of Islamic Geometrical Patterns , Aljamali, M.A. & Banissi, E. - www.scribd.com/doc/13377650/Grid-Method-Classification
‘Aniconism and Figural Representation in Islamic Art’, Terry Allen – free access via http://sonic.net/~tallen/palmtree/fe2.htm
‘Constructs of Symmetry in Islamic Art’, Terry Allen – free access via http://sonic.net/~tallen/palmtree/symmetries/index.symmetries.htm
‘Islamic Art and the Argument from Academic Geometry’, Terry Allen – free access via www.sonic.net/~tallen/palmtree/academicgeometry.htm
‘Islamic Star Patterns’, A.J. Lee, ‘Muqarnas’ IV, 1987 - free access via www.archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=3591
‘The search for Quasi-Periodicity in Islamic 5-fold ornament’, Peter Cromwell – subscription only via http://springerlink.com

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