Tunis: Prime Minister's room, Dar el-Bey
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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 6 squares.
- Contains 12 regular two-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 45°.
- Contains 9 regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
- Contains one regular 16-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 45°.
- There are 14 non-regular reflective tiles (including 2 kites and one dart) and two reflective pairs.
- The tiling satisfies the two-colour condition with straight cross-overs, but interlace counts not determined.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 1811 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Plate 60 (Prime Minister's room, Dar el-Bey, Tunis, Tunisia) of J Collin. EÌtude pratique de la deÌcoration polygonale arabe, Paris, 1911. ISBN . [collin] {}
Photographs
Collections of similar tilings
Patterns using same irregular tiles: 2
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