Alhambra, Salon de Comares

Based on two square ceramic mosaic panels on the south wall of the Salon de Comares, one on each side of the entrance arch. With the original colours.

• Growth dynamic build of this pattern.
• Random dynamic build of this pattern.
• Structured dynamic build of this pattern.
• The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
• All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 22.5°.
• Contains two squares.
• Contains 9 regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
• There are 12 non-regular reflective tiles (including one kite and one dart).
• The tiling satisfies the two-colour condition with straight cross-overs, but interlace counts not determined.
• The tiling is edge-to-edge.
• As drawn, contains about 2209 polygons.

1. Page 347, Figure 171 (Alhambra, Salon de Comares, Spain. Alicatado dados on the South side) of Antonio Fernández-Puertas. The Alhambra: Volume I - from the ninth century to Yusuf I (1354), SAQI Books, 1999. ISBN 086356466. [fernandez] {Beautiful book.}(1350-4AD, 750-5AH)
2. Photo by David Wade: SPA 1307 (Alhambra, Salon de Comares, Spain) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1350-4AD, 750-5AH)
3. Plate 51 (Damascus, Syria. Marble paving) of J Collin. Étude pratique de la décoration polygonale arabe, Paris, 1911. ISBN . [collin] {}

• Wade photo SPA 1307
• Wade photo EPC 051

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