Mosaic found underneath another mosaic at Fishbourne
data7/P48
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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 22.5°.
- Contains three squares.
- Contains three regular two-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 45°.
- There is one non-regular reflective tile.
- The tiling satisfies the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 516 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 48 (Fishbourne, UK. Black and white) of Robert Field. Geometric Patterns from Roman Mosaics, Tarquin Publications, 1996. ISBN 090621263. [field1] {Gives sources of several interesting Roman patterns.}
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