The [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9C%C3%A7_%C5%9Eerefeli_Mosque]Üç_Şerefeli mosque in Edirne[/url] dates from the 5th century.[br]The same construction of this muqarnas is used in otherTurkish mosques too:[br][list][*]Üç Şerefeli mosque in Edirne (1447)[br][/*][*]Fatih mosque in Istanbul (1462)[/*][*]Hatuniye mosque in Tokat (1484)[/*][*]Beyazit mosque in Edirne (1487)[/*][*]Yavuz Selim mosque in Istanbul (1528)[/*][/list][br]In next applet you can follow stepwise how the plan is drawn using a compass construction:[br][list][*]In the rectangular plan a half circle is drawn around the apex.[/*][*]Additionally on the left and on the right large circles are drawb circumscribing a 9-pointed star.[/*][*]Around this 9-pointed star a circle of 5-pointed stars is created.[br][/*][*]Beneath in the middle a half 10-pointed star appears and in the upper corners we can see quarters of 10-pointed star.[br][/*][*]The remaining place is filled in with additional irregular figures.[/*][/list]Beneath the applet you can see how Shiro Takahashi accentuates the different types of stars using different colors.

On the picture you can recognise the different elements of the plan:[br][list][*]Below you recognise the supporting base shaped as a half 10-pointed star[/*][*]Left and right you see the big 9-pointed stars as domes with a big stalactite in the center[/*][*]The circles of 5-pointed stars around the big stars appear as circles of stalactites.[/*][*]The half 10-pointed star in the apex appears as a niche in the apex of the muqarnas.[/*][/list]