Bourgoin, Plate 76
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Widespread in Egypt, Middle East and Central Asia.
Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *632 (p6m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 15°.
- Contains one regular hexagon.
- Contains one regular 12-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 60°.
- There are four non-regular reflective tiles (including one kite).
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has no finite interlace and two infinite interlaces with straight cross-overs.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 451 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 243, Fig. 108d (Quran, Baghdad, Iraq) from [bonner] (1303-7AD, 702-6AH)
- Photo by David Wade: EGY 1619 (Aqsunqur, Cairo, Egypt) from [wadei] (1347AD, 747AH)
- Photo by David Wade: TUR 0128 (Eski Mosque, Edirne, Turkey) from [wadei] (1414AD, 816AH)
- Page 252/3 (Sulayman Pasha, Cairo, Egypt. Mihrab) from [okane2] (1528AD, 934AH)
- Figure 77a from [elsaid]
- For an analysis of the interlacing from [gands2]
- Page 139 from [critchlow]
- Page 59 from [wade]
- Photo from Mirek Majewski (Taynal Mosque, Tripoli, Lebanon) from [pc]
- Photo from Zafeena Abbas (Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta, Pakistan) from [pc]
- Plate 127 (Friday mosque, Farumad, Iran) from [wilber]
- Plate 76 from [bourgoin]
- Vol II, Figure 157 from [wahhab]
Photographs
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