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The Topkapı Scroll ((トルコ語:Topkapı Parşömeni)) is a Timurid dynasty pattern scroll in the collection of the Topkapı Palace museum. The scroll is a valuable source of information, consisting of 114 patterns that may have been used both indirectly and directly by architects to create the tiling patterns in many mosques around the world, including the quasicrystal Girih tilings from Darb-e Imam. ==Physical properties== It is a wide scroll of in length, which is unrolled side to side. One end of the scroll is fixed to a wooden roller, and the other end is glued to a protective leather piece. A number of parchment pieces featuring various patterns are applied on the scroll. The differences in the border of some drawings indicate that the Topkapı Scroll consists of two different scrolls fixed together. The fact that it is not worn out gives rise to thought that it is not made to be used as a reference document in a craftman's workshop rather than it is an exhibition work in the palace. It was probably a record of tiling works carried out in the palace. The scroll was made by one person only. Most of the patterns were drawn on two pieces of parchment that were put together, and then pasted on the scroll. The placement of the patterns on the scroll is somewhat disorganized. Patterns of similar themes are fallen apart, and some patterns formed on two parchment pieces are combined imperfectly.〔 The stamp on the scroll "H1956" indicates that it is registered in the inventory of the Topkapı Palace's Treasury department. An edition of the scroll was published with an extensive commentary, but it is now out of print. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Topkapı Scroll」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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