Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is 2*22 (cmm).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 36°.
- Contains 11 regular two-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 72°.
- Contains three regular pentagons.
- Contains one regular 10-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 108°.
- There are five non-regular reflective tiles.
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has 6 finite interlaces and no infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 469 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Photo by David Wade: IND 0208 (Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, India) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1570AD, 977AH)
- Figure 26, page 13 (Tashkent scroll) of Gülru NecipoÄlu. The Topkapı scroll : geometry and ornament in Islamic architecture, The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1995. ISBN 089236335. [necipoglu] {Beautiful publication.}
Photographs
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