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The Mamluk dynasty which ruled Egypt and survived the Mongol depredations, produced some of the most impressive Islamic patterns particularly in wood on doors and minbars. Although our first example is in metal, it is an excellent example for which good photographs are available. It is Bourgoin’s Plate 137 and is from the Madrasah and Khanqa al–Azahr Barquq, Cairo, Egypt. This was drawn by Bourgoin, but we redraw it using a detailed analysis. A photograph of the complete door is shown in Fig. 16.1.
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Wichmann, B., Wade, D. (2017). Two Mamluk Masterpieces. In: Islamic Design: A Mathematical Approach. Mathematics and the Built Environment, vol 2. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69977-6_16
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