Royal Palace, Rabat
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Geometry
- Growth dynamic build of this pattern.
- Random dynamic build of this pattern.
- Structured dynamic build of this pattern.
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *2222 (pmm).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 18°.
- Contains two regular two-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 36°.
- Contains two regular 10-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 72°.
- There are five non-regular reflective tiles (including 2 kites) and one reflective pair.
- The tiling satisfies the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is not edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 413 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Figure 6 of E Makovicky F. Rull Perez, et al. Decagonal patterns in the Islamic art..., Boletin de la Sociedad Espanola de Mineralogia, 1998. [makov] {Vol 21 pp107-127}
- Vol1, page 243 (Royal Palace, Rabat, Morocco) 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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