Moroccan Geometry: S6 HW: 8-fold with Jellyfish and Solomon's Seal

The homework pattern is simply the class pattern shifted along the diagonal, such that the Solomon seal, at first in the corner, is now at the center of the design. The ball, formerly at the center of the pattern, has been changed into sfets at the corners of this pattern (inked in gold).

Paraphrasing the instructions as written on this page:

1. Draw a circle nearly to the edge of the page and divide it into 16ths

2. Draw another circle whose radius is equal to the distance of a line drawn between 16th marks.

3. Divide this circle into 16th, and label these points 1 to 16, with 16 at the top. Draw lines that extend through the outer circle from points 15 to 5 & 13 to 7, 15 to 9 & 1 to 7, 1 to 11 & 3 to 9, and 3 to 13 & 5 to 11. This creates the Solomon Seal and Looza in the center of the drawing, and defines the sides of the sfets.

4. Label the points where the lines from the previous step cross the outer circle with the letters A through P, with A just to the right of the top of the circle.

5. Label the points of the Solomon Seal as you might label the points on a compass: N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, & NW.

6. Lable the 16 division points on the outer circle 1', 2', .... 16'.

7. Connect these points on the outer circle to form the boundaries of the outer Solomon Seal: 14' to 2', 2' to 6', 6' to 10', and 10' to 14', and then 16' to 4', 4' to 8', 8' to 12', and 12' to 16'.

7. Note the 8 squares created by the diagonal radii between the inner compass points and the points of the outer circle, in the picture below, compass point E to 4'. Find the center of one square by finding the intersection of the squares diagnonals. Double check with the dividers, and note that this distance should be equal to the radius of the inner circle.

7. Set a compass from the center of the pattern to the point (center of the square) that you found in the previous step, and draw another circle, which will run through the centers of each of the eight squares. Mark the centers of each square by marking where the square's radial diagonal (from S to 8', SE to 6', E' to 4', NE to 2', N to 16', NW to 14', W to 12', and SW to 10') crosses the circle. This will be the points where the Sfets cross.

8. Note where the crotch points are on the outer Solomon Seal draw line segments by placing a straight edge from those points to the centers of each adjacent circle. The line segments will only be marked between each set of parallel lines created in step 3.

9. Once you've completed drawing these line segments, all the shapes have been defined and may be channeled and inked

10. The pattern with the final lines highlighted and the rest erased:

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