Detail from the stonework on the side of the mimbar (the pulpit used by the imam for addressing the congregation).

This design is based on interlacing hexagons or octagons within the frame of a wheel, set in an equilateral triangle. Early 15th century Ottoman.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Islamic Architecture: Ottoman Turkey’ (Godfrey Goodwin) – London 1977