The plan of the muqarnas above the entrance of the Hanuniye madrassa from 1253 isn't built up with a set of basic figures. [br][list][*]In next applet you can fommow stepwise the construction of rays out of a central point.[/*][*]On these rays centers of circles are defined.[/*][/list]

[list][*]These circles defines stars.[/*][*]The space around these stars are filled up with irregular figures.[/*][/list]

The result in the plan of the muqarnas is[br][list][*]a circle of five connected 5-pointed stars,[/*][*]a circle of six 7-pointed stars,[/*][*]two additional 9-pointed stars. [/*][/list]Below you can see Shiro Takahashi's drawing: