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An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)

Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 1397

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the third point, wliich are called by the Italians di terzo acuto, are such as consist of two arcs of a circle intersecting at the top. See Pointed Arch.TiGNA. The tie beam of an ancient timber roof.Tile. (Sax. Tij,-el.) A thin piece or plate of baked clay or other muterial used for the exttrnal… … GLOSSAEY. 137/ In ancient buildings two forms of tiles were used. The imbrex, placed in regularrows to receive the shower, and the tegula, which covered and prevented the rain frompenetratmg the joints. The latter were fixed at the eaves with upright ornamentalpieces called antejix<e, which were…

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