Alhambra, Cuarto Dorado

From the central, horizontal section of the vaulted wooden ceiling of the Cuarto Dorado, situated to the north of the Mexuar Patio. This middle section of the ceiling has two small muqarnas vaults, and the graphic repeats the square motif round each octagonal vault.

• 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 square.
• Contains one regular octagon.
• Contains two regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
• There are 7 non-regular reflective tiles (including one kite).
• 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 314 polygons.

1. Photo by David Wade: SPA 0935x (Alhambra, Cuarto Dorado, Spain) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}

• Wade photo SPA 0935x

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