Roman mosaic, Vienne
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The ornamentation in the tiles of the Vienne version have been replaced by colour.
Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 45°.
- Contains 6 squares.
- Contains 36 regular two-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 45°.
- Contains one regular octagon.
- There are 6 non-regular reflective tiles (including one kite).
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is not edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 827 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Pl 395 (a) (Vienne) of Catherine Balmelle .... Le deÌcor geÌomeÌtrique de la mosaiÌque romaine, Paris, Picard, 2002. ISBN 270840624. [balmelle] {2 vols}
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