Friday mosque, Isfahan
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *632 (p6m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 7.5°.
- Contains one regular hexagon.
- Contains one regular 12-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 105°.
- There are three non-regular reflective tiles (including one kite).
- The tiling satisfies the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 281 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Photo by David Wade: IRA 0721 (Friday mosque, Isfahan, Iran) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}
- plate XIII (Friday mosque, Isfahan, Iran) of Arthur Upham Pope. Persian Architecture, Thames and Hudson, 1965. [pope] {Good source book, but weak on geometric tiling patterns}
Photographs
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