Minbar of the al-Aqsa Mosque
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 45°.
- Contains one square.
- Contains one regular 8-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 45°.
- There are three non-regular reflective tiles.
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is not edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 193 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 157 (Minbar of the al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem. Design of restored minbar, no colour in original) of Lynette Singer (Ed). The minbar of Saladin : reconstructing ..., Thames & Hudson, 2008. ISBN 050023843. [singer] {many colour plates}
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