Tridentine Math

The Tridentine Mass is the Roman Rite Mass that appears in typical editions of the Roman Missal published from 1570 to 1962. — Tridentine Mass, Wikipedia

A 30°-60°-90° right triangle, with sides 1 : √3 : 2, can be divided into three identical copies of itself:

30°-60°-90° Right Triangle — a rep-3 rep-tile…


And if it can be divided into three, it can be divided into nine:

…that is also a rep-9 rep-tile


Five of the sub-copies serve as the seed for an interesting fractal:

Fractal stage #1


Fractal stage #2


Fractal stage #3


Fractal #4


Fractal #5


Fractal #6


Fractal #6


Tridentine cross (animated)


Tridentine cross (static)


This is a different kind of rep-tile:

Noniamond trapezoid


But it yields the same fractal cross:

Fractal #1


Fractal #2


Fractal #3


Fractal #4


Fractal #5


Fractal #6


Tridentine cross (animated)


Tridentine cross (static)


Elsewhere other-available:

Holey Trimmetry — another fractal cross

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