Alhambra, Salon de Comares

Pattern occurs as a high stucco frieze, just below the level of the upper window grilles, continuously round all four walls of the Salon de Comares. Colour from Meknes. (Other examples with larger petals are included here.)

• The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
• All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 15°.
• Contains one regular 8-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 90°.
• Contains one regular 12-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 60°.
• There are 6 non-regular reflective tiles (including one kite).
• The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has no finite interlace and two infinite interlaces with straight cross-overs.
• The tiling is edge-to-edge.
• As drawn, contains about 297 polygons.

1. Page 317, Plate 18 (Alhambra, Salon de Comares, Spain. Between two rows of arches, black and white) from [fernandez] (1350-4AD, 750-5AH)
2. Page 78, right (Bab Al-Khemis, Meknes, Morocco. Colour from here ) from [degeorge2]
3. Photo by David Wade: MOR 2840x (Bou Inania Madrasah, Fez, Morocco) from [wadei]
4. Photo by David Wade: SPA 2120xd (Alcazar, Seville, Spain) from [wadei]
5. Vol 2, page 417 (/6) (Royal Palace library, Rabat, Morocco. natural wood ceiling panel) from [paccard]

• Wade photo MOR 2840x
• Wade photo SPA 2120xd

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