Alhambra, Salon de Comares

Based on two square ceramic mosaic panels on the east wall of the Salon de Comares, between the three window alcoves. This composition is noteworthy in that the centre motif is at a slightly smaller scale than the rest of the panel, otherwise it would not fit.

• 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 45°.
• Contains three squares.
• Contains two regular two-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 45°.
• Contains four regular four-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 45°.
• Contains 10 regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
• There are 23 non-regular reflective tiles (including 2 kites and 2 darts) and one reflective pair.
• 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 3263 polygons.

1. Page 348, Figure 172 (Alhambra, Salon de Comares, Spain. Alicatado dados on the East side, colouring from the original, Plate 24(2)) 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 1303 (Alhambra, Salon de Comares, Spain) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1350-4AD, 750-5AH)

• Wade photo SPA 1303

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