Alhambra, Salon de Comares

The repeated motif of this graphic is taken from the large, complex ceramic mosaic dados in the central, throne alcove in the north wall of the Salon de Comares. This dado includes a number of different 12-fold motifs (see Alhambra, Salon de Comares, north wall dado (part)), which are used individually to form repeating patterns in a number these graphics.

• The symmetry group of the tiling is *632 (p6m).
• All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 15°.
• Contains one regular hexagon.
• Contains one regular 12-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 60°.
• There are five non-regular reflective tiles (including one kite).
• The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has one finite interlace and two infinite interlaces with straight cross-overs.
• The tiling is edge-to-edge.
• As drawn, contains about 393 polygons.

1. Page 426, Figure 227 (Alhambra, Salon de Comares, Spain. Part of Plate 35 (3) as a separate tiling) of Antonio Fernández-Puertas. The Alhambra: Volume I - from the ninth century to Yusuf I (1354), SAQI Books, 1999. ISBN 086356466. [fernandez] {Beautiful book.}(1350-4AD, 750-5AH)
2. Photo by David Wade: SPA 1413 (Alhambra, Salon de Comares, Spain) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1350-4AD, 750-5AH)

• Wade photo SPA 1413

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