Example of Mushrabiyyah, Cairo

• The symmetry group of the tiling is *632 (p6m).
• All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 30°.
• Contains one equilateral triangle.
• Contains three squares.
• Contains one regular hexagon.
• There is one non-regular reflective tile.
• The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
• The tiling is not edge-to-edge.
• As drawn, contains about 253 polygons.

1. Figure 205 central pattern, page 200 (No location, Lattice pattern, Cairo, Egypt. Example of Mushrabiyyah, No colouring) of Martin S. Briggs. Muhammadan architecture in Egypt and Palestin, Oxford, Clarendon Press, Pressmark 32.F.79, 1924. [briggs] {255p}

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