Royal Palace, Fez
data203/S32A
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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 11.25°.
- Contains 50 squares.
- Contains 8 regular two-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 45°.
- Contains 11 regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
- Contains one regular 32-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 22.5°.
- There are 22 non-regular reflective tiles (including 3 kites and 2 darts) and five reflective pairs.
- The tiling satisfies the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 5001 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Fig 10.14 of Brian Wichmann and David Wade. Islamic Design: a Mathematical Approach, Springer, 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-69. [ww] {}
- Vol1, page 483 (Royal Palace, Fez, Morocco) of Paccard, André. Traditional Islamic craft in Moroccan architecture, Saint-Jorioz, France, 1980. ISBN 286486003. [paccard] {2 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.}
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