Friday Mosque, Isfahan
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *632 (p6m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 20°.
- Contains one regular two-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 40°.
- Contains one regular three-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 20°.
- Contains one regular 6-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 40°.
- The tiling satisfies the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 295 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 232, Fig 95a (Friday Mosque, Sin, Iran) of Jay Bonner. Islamic Geometric Patterns, Springer, 2016. ISBN 978144190216. [bonner] {Largest Islamic tile collection in print}
- Page 232, Fig 95a (Sayyida Ruqayya, Cairo, Egypt) of Jay Bonner. Islamic Geometric Patterns, Springer, 2016. ISBN 978144190216. [bonner] {Largest Islamic tile collection in print}
- Page 34, photo 18 (Friday mosque, Isfahan, Iran. North-east dome chamber) of Jay Bonner. Islamic Geometric Patterns, Springer, 2016. ISBN 978144190216. [bonner] {Largest Islamic tile collection in print}
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