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Moroccan Geometry: Pattern Studies and Tessellations


Part 1: Patterns constructed from classes with Hamza El Fasiki, Fes 

S1: Six-fold with circles and qTeeb (مسدس بالدواير والقطيب)



S2: 4 Hammers (Arbaa Mtarek), tessellation  (اربع مطرق)

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S3: 12-fold Bald (Tanashri Qraa), tessellation (تناشري قرع)

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S4: 8-fold with scissors (Mteman bil Maqoussa)  (متمن بل مقوصة)

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S5: 8-fold with folds and tajine (Mtemen bil Matwi w Tajine) (متمن بل مطوي و طاجين)




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S5: The Spiderweb (Al-Ankaboutiya) (ال عنكبوتية)

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S6: 8-fold w/ ball (Tanashri bil Kora ) (تناظري بل كرا)

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S6: 8-fold w/ ball (Tanashri bil Kora ) (تناظري بل كرا), tessellated

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S6: 8-fold w/ Jellyfish (Mtemen bil Kandeel) (متمن بال قنديل)

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S6: 8-fold w/ Jellyfish (Mtemen bil Kandeel) (متمن بال قنديل) (12"x12")

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S7: 12-fold with looza (Tanashri bil Loozat ),  (تناشري بل لوزة)

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S7: 12-fold with ball (Tanashri bil Kora),  (تناشري بل كروة)

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S7: 12-fold with jellyfish (Tanashri bil Kandeel ), channeled full tessellation (تناشري بل كنديل)
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S8: 8-fold jellyfish & ba &a la tessellation (Mtemen bil kandeel bil ba w la) (متمن بل كنديل بل ب و ل)


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S9: 10-fold with the eye of the sun (AlMa'ashr mul A'yn Asshams) (المعشر مول عين الشمس)











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Part II. Tessellations of patterns from Eric Broug, Islamic Geometric Patterns


 Medersa Ben Yusuf, Marrakech (9 full repeats)


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Tomb of Jalal Al-Din Hussein, Uzgen, Uzbekistan (18 full repeats)

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Mustansiriy Madrasa, Baghdad (16 full repeats)

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Great Mosque of Herat-Herat, Afghanistan (16 full repeats)

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Mosque of Al-Saih Tala'i, Cairo (9 full repeats)

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Mosque of Al-Nasir Muhammad, Cairo (20 full repeats)

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Attarine Madrasa, Fes (24 full repeats)

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