Door of Great Mosque, Damascus
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 22.5°.
- Contains two squares.
- Contains one regular 8-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 90° - composed of kites.
- Contains one regular 8-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 45°.
- There are three non-regular reflective tiles (including one kite) and one reflective pair.
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 175 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 48, Fig 2.20 (Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria. Door,(top pattern)) of Eric Broug. Islamic Geometric Design, Thames and Hudson, 2013. ISBN 978050051695. [broug2] {Many excellent photos}
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