The principle iwan of the Friday mosque in Isfahan
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is 4*2 (p4g).
- Contains two regular octagons.
- Contains one regular 10-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 85.5°.
- There are three non-regular reflective tiles and one reflective pair.
- The tiling is not edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 106 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 135, bottom of Gérard Degeorge. Ornament and decoration in Islamic architecture, London : Thames & Hudson, 2000. ISBN 208010876. [degeorge] {224 p. : col. ill. ; 34 cm.}
Photographs
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