Alhambra drawing

No actual source in the Alhambra is known for this pattern.

• The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
• All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 45°.
• Contains two squares.
• Contains one regular 8-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 90°.
• There are four non-regular reflective tiles and five tiles with no mirror image.
• The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
• The tiling is not edge-to-edge.
• As drawn, contains about 409 polygons.

1. 9156I (Alhambra, Spain. Owen Jones drawing) of V&A collections website. Website: collections.vam.ac.uk, UK, 2015. [vami] {Website}

• V&A record Drawing

• Tilings with coloured interlacing

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