Book of Lindisfarne, Bain page 76, Plate 3
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is 22X (pgg).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 45°.
- There are one non-regular reflective pairs and no tiles with no mirror image.
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is not edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 61 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 38 (Decoration on column?) of J Backhouse. The Lindisfarne Gospels, Phaidon press, 1981. ISBN 071482461. [backhouse] {A few Celtic patterns in colour.} Fuller version available on Internet.
- Page 76, Plate 3 (Book of Lindisfarne) of G Bain. Celtic Art, The Methods of Construction, Constable, London, 1977. ISBN 009461830. [bain] {Important book on Celtic art.}
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