the decorative lazo of eight

...the decorative lazo of eight (eight-pointed star) was... based on the ratio of 1 to the square root of 2. The lazo of eight is a particularly important element in the geometric designs of the ceramic dados in the Hall of the Ambassadors. That particular lazo was effectively the result of rotating two squares. Much use was made of elaborations of ratios based on the square root of 2.


Robert Irwin, The Alhambra. 2004. p.112