Lower Maqam Ibrahim citadel, Aleppo
data212/BON23
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Drawing is by Ernst Herzfeld, The wooden panel described is no longer present at the Lower Maqam Ibrahim, and its current location is unknown.
Geometry
Patterns in this class have approximate geometry with only a few properties defined which are listed below.
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *2222 (pmm).
- Contains at least one "regular" 10-pointed star polygon.
- Contains at least one "regular" 11-pointed star polygon.
- Contains at least one "regular" 12-pointed star polygon.
- The tiling satisfies the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
References
Publications referenced:
- Fig, 50, page 180 (Lower Maqam Ibrahim citadel, Aleppo, Syria) of Jay Bonner. Islamic Geometric Patterns, Springer, 2016. ISBN 978144190216. [bonner] {Largest Islamic tile collection in print}(1168AD, 563AH)
- Fig. 27, page 64 (Lower Maqam Ibrahim citadel, Aleppo, Syria) of Ernst Herzfeld. Ars Islamica, Vol. 10, University of Michigan, 1948. [herzfeld4] {} Available on Internet.
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