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Medieval Islamic designs reveal breakthrough in tiled pattern-making
02-22-2007 · EurekAlert!Medieval Islamic artisans developed a pattern-making process for designing ornate tiled surfaces that allowed them to produce sophisticated patterns not seen in the West until centuries later, a new study suggests. The findings appear in the Feb. 23 issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS, the nonprofit science society.
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