Alhambra, Salon de Comares

This pattern is based on two large ceramic mosaic dado panels in the throne alcove in the middle of the north wall of the Salon de Comares. However, the graphic uses only two of the six 12-pt motifs in the dado. The complete dado is a bit too large to show the graphic properly.

• Growth dynamic build of this pattern.
• Random dynamic build of this pattern.
• Structured dynamic build of this pattern.
• The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
• All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 15°.
• Contains three regular 12-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 60°.
• There are 11 non-regular reflective tiles (including 3 kites).
• The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has one finite interlace and one infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
• The tiling is edge-to-edge.
• As drawn, contains about 761 polygons.

1. Photo by David Wade: SPA 0202 (Alhambra, Salon de Comares, Spain) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1333-54AD, 733-55AH)
2. Page 261 of S J Abas and A S Salman. Symmetries of Islamic Geometrical Patterns, World Scientific, 1995. ISBN 981021704. [abas] {Very many patterns in black and white, no sources given.}
3. Plate LVII (Mosaic dado in window) of A. F. Calvert. Moorish remains in Spain, London, New York, J. Lane, Pressmark 18.F.85, 1906. [calvert] {586 pages} Available on Internet.

• Wade photo SPA 0202

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