Royal Palace, Fes
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 22.5°.
- Contains two regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
- Contains one regular 8-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 45°.
- There are 7 non-regular reflective tiles (including one kite).
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has one finite interlace and no infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 243 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 120 -3 (Royal Palace, Fez, Morocco) of Jean-Marc Castéra. Arabesques: Decorative Art in Morocco, ACR Edition, Paris, 1999. ISBN 286770124. [castera] {Beautiful book.}
- Vol 1, page 257 (/3) of Paccard, André. Traditional Islamic craft in Moroccan architecture, Saint-Jorioz, France, 1980. ISBN 286486003. [paccard] {2 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.}
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