Fatehpur Sikri
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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 2.5°.
- There is one non-regular reflective tile.
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has no finite interlace and one infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 117 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Photo by David Wade: IND 0817 (Fatehpur Sikri, Turkish Sultana's House, India) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1571AD, 978AH)
- Page 298, Figure 33.6b (India. Arabian style) of Peter S Stevens. Handbook of regular patterns: an introduction to symmetry in two..., MIT Press, 1984. ISBN 026269088. [stevens] {Illustrations in black and white}
- Plate 69 (Damascus, Syria. Inlaid well) of J Collin. EÌtude pratique de la deÌcoration polygonale arabe, Paris, 1911. ISBN . [collin] {}
Photographs
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