page_title: Islamic interlace patterns
hierarchical_section_title: Islamic interlace patterns
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Koran, Szene: Ornament English: Illuminated frontispice of a Quran Français&#160;: Frontispice enluminé d'un Coran
context_page_description: Interlacing patterns are patterns of lines and shapes that have traditionally dominated Islamic art. They can be broadly divided into the arabesque, using curving plant-based elements, and the girih, using mostly geometrical forms with straight lines or regular curves. Both of these forms of Islamic art developed from the rich interlacing patterns of the Byzantine Empire and from Coptic art.
context_section_description: Interlacing patterns are patterns of lines and shapes that have traditionally dominated Islamic art. They can be broadly divided into the arabesque, using curving plant-based elements, and the girih, using mostly geometrical forms with straight lines or regular curves.  Both of these forms of Islamic art developed from the rich interlacing patterns  of the Byzantine Empire and from Coptic art.
caption: carpet page from illuminated manuscript
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