Gunbad-i Qabud
 
 
  data209/BON15
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 data209/BON15
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Panel on one side of the tower, coloured to show the constituent 10-pointed stars.
 
Geometry
 
 
-  The symmetry group of the tiling is ** (pm).
-  All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 36°.
-  Contains 17 regular two-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 72°.
-  Contains 62 regular pentagons.
-  There are 7 non-regular reflective tiles.
-  The tiling is edge-to-edge.
-  As drawn, contains about 186 polygons.
 
References
 
 
Publications referenced: 
 
 
-  Page 42, photo 24 (Gunbad-i Qabud, Maragh, Iran)  of Jay Bonner. Islamic Geometric Patterns, Springer,	2016.	ISBN 978144190216.  [bonner]  {Largest Islamic tile collection in print}
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