Alhambra, Baño Real
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Stucco frieze above the level of the upper gallery round the rest room of the Royal Bath House, and just below the high window grilles surrounding the lantern.
Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 45°.
- Contains two regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
- There are two non-regular reflective tiles.
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has no finite interlace and one infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 97 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 120 (Alhambra, Baño Real, Spain. Comares bath) of Exhibition in 1995. Arte islámico en Granada, Catalogue of an exhibition held 1 Apr. - 30 Sept. 1995, 1995. [ex1995] {Granada}
- Photo by David Wade: MOR 0711 (No location, Morocco) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}
- Photo by David Wade: SPA 0519x (Alhambra, Baño Real, Spain) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}
Photographs
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