Castera, Fes medina
T01266, data166/P155
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Geometry
- Gold star pattern(photo).
Dynamic build of this pattern.
- 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 12 regular two-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 135°.
- Contains three regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
- Contains one regular 16-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 45°.
- There are 13 non-regular reflective tiles and two reflective pairs.
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has two finite interlaces and one infinite interlace.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 911 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 155 (Fes median, outside wall of the Moulay Idriss Zaouia) of Jean-Marc Castéra. Arabesques: Decorative Art in Morocco, ACR Edition, Paris, 1999. ISBN 286770124. [castera] {Beautiful book.}
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