A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 380
f Coldingham, lxvij. Tiles, Fr. Quarres, Carreaux, Tulles, Ital. Tegoli, Embrici,Ger. 3tegCl: thin plates of baked clay used to cover roofs1. 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… … b 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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