A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. sgn, Fenwick, Isabella. ins, Reed, Henry. sgn, Wordsworth Collection · Oxford, J. H. Parker · leaf 386
Coldingham, Ixvij. Tiles, Fr. Quarres, Carreaux, Tuiles, Ital. Tegoli, Embrici,Ger. ^K^<d : thin plates of baked clay used to cover roofs. Inthis country there are but two kinds of tiles in ordinary use, plaintiles and pan-tiles: the former of these, which are by far thecommonest, are perfectly… … i» They are frequently represented inilluminations, and in painted glass, espe-cially in the small lights in the tracery ofwindows, where they are commonly foundin the hands of angels who are portrayedcensing the Blessed Virgin or some saint. • In 1477 the manufacture of tile wasone of sufficient…
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