Bourgoin, Plate 55

• The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
• All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 45°.
• Contains one regular 8-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 90°.
• There are five non-regular reflective tiles.
• The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
• The tiling is edge-to-edge.
• As drawn, contains about 137 polygons.

1. Figure 33 of I El-Said and A Parman. Geometric concepts in Islamic Art, World of Islam Festival Publishing Co, 1976. ISBN 090503503. [elsaid] {Gives sources of several interesting patterns.}
2. Plate 55 (No known source) of J Bourgoin. Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design, Dover, 1879. ISBN 048622924. [bourgoin] {Classical book of around 200 hand-produced patterns, in back and white.} Fuller version available on Internet.

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