Pink gebs, in prayer room, Great Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 22.5°.
- Contains one regular octagon.
- Contains one regular 8-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 90°.
- Contains one regular 16-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 45°.
- There are 12 non-regular reflective tiles (including 2 kites).
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has three finite interlaces and one infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 744 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 153, left (Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco. No colouring in original) of Jean-Marc Castéra. Arabesques: Decorative Art in Morocco, ACR Edition, Paris, 1999. ISBN 286770124. [castera] {Beautiful book.}
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