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applied arrangement basic grid Caliphs centre chord circle whose radius class of pattern component configuration connecting cross construction is given construction is shown cross at f decagon design is completed design is given design is shown divine dodecagon drawn at 221 equal to half equilateral triangle examples of interlacing extended inwards geometric ornament golden harmonic series hexagonal tessellations hexagons overlapping icosahedron interlace version interlacing design Islamic art isometric and hexagonal isometric grid isometric tessellation key factor key value Koran line drawn Mohammed's Moslem octagon/square tessellation octagonal element Octagonally based pattern overlapping hexagons pattern is completed pattern is shown pentagons Plato's basic triangles polygon primary grid proportional system provides radial elements radial intersections radial lines radii radius is equal regular division regular grids regular tessellation repeat square root 2 proportion sector semi-regular tessellation Sharia square d square element squares in rotation Star and Cross third Umayyad variations width zig-zag element