Marble floor mosaic, Duomo, Ravenna
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *2222 (pmm).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 30°.
- Contains one square.
- Contains one regular hexagon.
- There is one non-regular reflective tile.
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 192 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 118 (bottom left) (Duomo, Ravenna, Italy. Marble floor mosaic, 5th-18th centuries) of F M Hessemer. Historic Designs and Patterns in Color, Dover, a1840. ISBN 048626425. [hessemer] {This collection is unusual in giving the source for almost all the patterns.} Available on Internet.
- Pl 172 (a,b) (Sousse, Cherchel) of Catherine Balmelle .... Le deÌcor geÌomeÌtrique de la mosaiÌque romaine, Paris, Picard, 2002. ISBN 270840624. [balmelle] {2 vols}
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