Aleppo, mihrab of the al-Khosrowiyya Mosque
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *2222 (pmm).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 36°.
- Contains two regular pentagons.
- Contains two regular five-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 36°.
- Contains one regular 10-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 72°.
- There are 9 non-regular reflective tiles (including 2 kites).
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has no finite interlace and four infinite interlaces with straight cross-overs.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 551 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Photo by Dick Osseman (al-Khosrowiyya Mosque, Aleppo, Syria. Mihrab) of Not specific. Personal Communication, Information sent to the author, 21c. [pc]
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