Akbar's mausoleum, Sikandra
data153/F162
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *2222 (pmm).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 45°.
- Contains two squares.
- Contains four regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
- There are two non-regular reflective tiles.
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 279 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 115, Figure 162 (Akbar's mausoleum, Sikandra, India. One of the portals, little colour in original) of Dominique Clévenot. Ornament and decoration in Islamic architecture, Thames & Hudson, Pressmark 604.AB.0178, 2000. ISBN 050051032. [clevenot] {Photographs by Gérard Degeorge}(1613AD, 1022AH)
Collections of similar tilings
Patterns using same irregular tiles: 8
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