Ibrahim mosque, Salihin, Aleppo
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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 regular octagon.
- Contains one regular four-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 45°.
- There are two non-regular reflective tiles.
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has one finite interlace and no infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 167 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 266, Fig. 138a (Great Mosque, Birgi, Turkey. Mihrab) of Jay Bonner. Islamic Geometric Patterns, Springer, 2016. ISBN 978144190216. [bonner] {Largest Islamic tile collection in print}(1112AD, 505AH)
- photo from Mirek Majewski (Great Mosque, Birgi, Turkey) of Not specific. Personal Communication, Information sent to the author, 21c. [pc]
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