Friday mosque, Isfahan
data158/P185
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is 632 (p6).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 60°.
- Contains one regular 6-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 60°.
- There are no non-regular reflective pairs and one tile with no mirror image.
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 81 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Photo by David Wade: TUR 0318 (Karatay Madrasah, Konya, Turkey. Now in Karatay Madrasa Tile Artifacts Museum) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1260AD, 658AH)
- Photo 185 (black and white) (Friday mosque, Isfahan, Iran. Star meander of stucco over brick) of Arthur Upham Pope. Persian Architecture, Thames and Hudson, 1965. [pope] {Good source book, but weak on geometric tiling patterns}
- Richard Henry's website (Friday mosque, Isfahan, Iran. Raised brick Seljuk wall) of Not specific. Personal Communication, Information sent to the author, 21c. [pc]
Photographs
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