Moroccan Geometry: S8 Class: 8-fold maakous with kandeel & "B" & "L", tessellated This 8-fold design yielded a tessellation of 15 tiles on an 18"x12" page, with a center tile and no half-tiles. The Qandeel w ba w la (jellyfish with "B" and "L") is outside the 22.5°-turned Seal of Solomon/Looza/Sfet figures which comprise the middle of the drawing, but inside the corner seal of solomon, which each tile contains one-fourth of, and which is completed at the corners by four tiles. Other shapes include the Sfet L'herba, or bayonet/spear, and another form based on the Qandeel, known as the Bou Mnikher Mashrook, or Squashed Little Nose. This shape and the Sfet L'herba line the outside border of each tile, and so only half the shape is within the tile itself, and is completed by the adjacent tiles on each side. The arrangement consists of circles arranged diagonally, including 5 center circles arrange like the 5 on a die, ...
Travel writings from a teacher in Morocco