User:Fari Dark
Of knowledge naught remained I did not know,
Of secrets, scarcely any, high or low;
All day and night for three score and twelve years,
I pondered, just to learn that naught I know.
¬ Omar Khayyam[A]
In designing the construction of Khayyam's tomb, three important points have been considered, and that is mathematics, poetry and astronomy. In fact, the architect's attempt was to crystallize these three important aspects of Khayyam's character in his tomb. The building of Khayyam's tomb has ten bases. Given the importance of the number ten as the first two-digit number and the base of the main numbers, this is a kind of symbol of Khayyam's activities in the field of mathematics. At the collision of the building's blades, you can also see star-like shapes that represent Khayyam's astronomical face. Some parts of the building have been designed by quatrains of Khayyam which have been written with a suspension line.[B]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Aminrazavi, M.; Van Brummelen, G. (Spring 2017). "Umar Khayyam". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- ^ Neyshabur, Khorasan-e Razavi Province, Iran. Architect: Prof. Houshang Seyhoun.
- ^ Pinto, Karen C. (2016). Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 51–53. ISBN 978-0-226-12696-8. Khwarazmi’s Kitab surat al-ard → Strasbourg, bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, Ms 4.247 (not 4247), fol. 30v