Bistam, Sanctuary of Bayazid
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is 442 (p4).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 45°.
- There are no non-regular reflective pairs and three tiles with no mirror image.
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is not edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 209 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Plate 48 (Sanctuary of Bayazid, Bistam, Iran. Glazed tiles) of Sonia P, Seherr-Thoss. Design and color in Islamic architecture; Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Smithsonian Institution, 1968. [seherr] {312p}(1313AD, 712AH)
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