Sultan Shah mosque
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This pattern appears on the side of the minbar of the Sultan Shah mosque. This minbar is now in the V and A.
Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 3.75°.
- Contains one regular 12-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 60°.
- Contains one regular 16-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 75°.
- There are 9 non-regular reflective tiles (including 3 kites) and two reflective pairs.
- 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 533 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Photo by David Wade: EGY 0631 (Sultan Hasan, Cairo, Egypt) from [wadei] (1356AD, 757AH)
- Photo by Gerard de George (Barquq, Cairo, Egypt. Gateway in the cemetery complex) from [pc] (1400-11AD, 802-13AH)
- Internet photo (al-Mu'ayyad, Cairo, Egypt) from [pc] (1415-21AD, 817-24AH)
- Photo by David Wade: VA 057 (Sultan Shah mosque, Cairo, Egypt. Now in V and A) from [wadei] (1468-96AD, 872-901AH)
- Lonely planet travel guide to Morocco (Hassan II mosque, Casablanca) from [pc] (1993AD, 1414AH)
- 1050:1 to 2-1869 (Cairo, Egypt. Minbar) from [vami]
- Fig 7.2b from [ww]
- Vol II, Figure 202 (Sultan Shah mosque, Cairo, Egypt. Side of minbar, now in V and A) from [wahhab]
Photographs
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