Friday mosque, Isfahan
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is 4*2 (p4g).
- 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 three non-regular reflective tiles and one reflective pair.
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is not edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 121 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Photo by David Wade: IRA 0618 (Friday mosque, Isfahan, Iran) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}
- Vol 1, page 50 (Colour used from here) of Mahmood Maher al-Naqsh. Design and execution of drawing in Iranian tilework, Islamic period, Reza Abbasi Museum, 1983. [iran] {Good collection of Iranian patterns, text in Persian} Available on Internet.
- Vol 3, Figure 104, page 124 (Friday mosque, Isfahan, Iran) of Mahmood Maher al-Naqsh. Design and execution of drawing in Iranian tilework, Islamic period, Reza Abbasi Museum, 1983. [iran] {Good collection of Iranian patterns, text in Persian} Available on Internet.
Photographs
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