Madrasah Sabringe, Damascus
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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°.
- Contains two squares.
- There are two non-regular reflective tiles.
- The tiling satisfies the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 179 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Vol 1 (Baybars al-Gashankir, Cairo, Egypt) of Hasan `Abd-al-Wahhab. Tarikh al-masajid al-athariyah, Cairo, 2 vols in Arabic, 1946. [wahhab] {The History of ancient Egyptian mosques}(1309AD, 708AH)
- Photo by David Wade: SYR 0306 (Mausoleum Wali al-Shaibani, Damascus, Syria) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1353AD, 753AH)
- Photo by David Wade: SYR 0237 (Madrasah Sabringe, Damascus, Syria) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1575AD, 983AH)
Photographs
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