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by jazzyjackson
1965 days ago
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The pattern is the script called "Square Kufic" (a google image search +mosaic reveals many wondrous examples) and the arabic form of al-Khwarizmi is الخوارزمي The kufic letters are fairly abstract but look for the verticals, there are 9 letters (last 2 are joined, I think, I cannot read it either just looking closely) ا A ل l خ kh و w ا a ر r ز z م m ي i |
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Its superset, "Geometric Kufic", is a more interesting rabbit hole. In general, Arabesque patterns are almost exclusively floral / geometric.
See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12049316