Sultan Qalawun complex, Cairo
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is 4.5• (c4.5).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 90°.
- Contains five squares.
- There are no non-regular reflective pairs and two tiles with no mirror image.
- The tiling is not edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 15 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Figure 10 a (Madrasah al-Rukniyya, Damascus, Syria) from [sakkal2] (1224-7AD, 620-3AH)
- Figure 12 a (Qalawun, Cairo, Egypt. One of four panels with 3 pattern repeats each, colour from here) from [sakkal2] (1285AD, 683AH)
- Figure 10 a (Zayn al-Din Yusuf, Cairo, Egypt) from [sakkal2] (1298AD, 697AH)
- Figure 10 a (Baybars al-Gashankir, Cairo, Egypt) from [sakkal2] (1307-10AD, 706-9AH)
- Figure 10 a (al-Maridani, Cairo, Egypt) from [sakkal2] (1337-40AD, 737-40AH)
- Figure 10 a (Aqsunqur, Cairo, Egypt) from [sakkal2] (1347AD, 747AH)
- Figure 10 a (Al-Rumi (Menkali Bugha) Mosque, Aleppo, Syria) from [sakkal2] (1365AD, 766AH)
- Figure 10 a (Hatuniye madrasah, Karaman, Turkey) from [sakkal2] (1382AD, 783AH)
- Figure 10 a (Sultan Kasem Madrasa, Mardin, Turkey) from [sakkal2] (1385AD, 787AH)
- Figure 10 a (Yildirim Mosque, Bursa, Turkey) from [sakkal2] (1391-5AD, 793-7AH)
- Figure 10 a (Saad al-Din bin Ghurab Madrasa and Khanqah, Cairo, Egypt) from [sakkal2] (1406AD, 808AH)
- Figure 10 a (Rizk Mosque, Hasankeyf, Turkey) from [sakkal2] (1409AD, 811AH)
- Figure 10 a (Muhammad al-Saghir Mosque, Cairo, Egypt) from [sakkal2] (1426-7AD, 829-30AH)
- Figure 10 a (Haseki Sultan Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey) from [sakkal2] (1538-9AD, 944-5AH)
- Figure 10 a (Shah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran) from [sakkal2] (1611-38AD, 1020-48AH)
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