Friday mosque, Isfahan
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is 2*22 (cmm).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 36°.
- Contains 7 regular pentagons.
- Contains one regular 10-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 108°.
- There are three non-regular reflective tiles (including one kite).
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has two finite interlaces and two infinite interlaces with straight cross-overs.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 481 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Photo IRA 0532 (Friday mosque, Isfahan, Iran) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1088AD, 480AH)
- Page 340, Fig 247b (Sircali Madrasah, Konya, Turkey) of Jay Bonner. Islamic Geometric Patterns, Springer, 2016. ISBN 978144190216. [bonner] {Largest Islamic tile collection in print}(1242-5AD, 639-42AH)
- Fig 12.1b of Brian Wichmann and David Wade. Islamic Design: a Mathematical Approach, Springer, 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-69. [ww] {}
Photographs
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