Suleymaniye mosque, Istanbul
data210/BON13
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is XX (pg).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 6.42 (π/28)°.
- Contains one regular heptagon.
- There are 11 non-regular reflective tiles (including 2 kites).
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 445 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 127, photo 81 (Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey) of Jay Bonner. Islamic Geometric Patterns, Springer, 2016. ISBN 978144190216. [bonner] {Largest Islamic tile collection in print}(1550-5AD, 957-62AH)
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