36 ON THE OLDER FORMS OF 



height of .26 centimeters (fig. 46BC.) (The drawings 

 as published do not show these proportions). Many of 

 these fragments show traces of polychrome decoration on 

 their exposed surfaces. 



Concerning the age of the Marzabotto cemetery, George 

 Dennis in his Cilies and Cemeteries of Etruria (Vol. ii, 

 J). 543), says "we may safely refer the antiquities found at 

 Marzabotto to the latest days of Etruscan independence, 

 north of the Appenines, which came to an end on the in- 

 vasion of the Boian Gauls, at the beginning of the fourth 

 century B. C." 



SICILY. 



The normal tile (imb.) is the common form throughout 

 the island. In one old building at Palermo, the tiles are 

 crowded together, from the ridge to the eaves. At Taor- 

 mina the eaves tiles are pointed with plaster. 



In this country the roofing-tiles everywhere seen belong 

 to the normal tile {wib.). These are usually semicircular- 

 in section and much larger than the forms ftirther east. At 

 Burgos the tiles are crowded on the roof, at the eaves the 

 ends of the tiles are pointed with plaster. At Granada a 

 similar treatment of the eaves tiles is seen. In one portion 

 of the Alhambra, light and dark tiles are arranged on the 

 roof in such a way that a clearly marked zigzag pattern is 

 carried out. In another and older portion of the Alham- 

 bra, the tiles, instead of being roundly curved in section, 

 are somewhat angular. At the eaves, the imbrices are 

 doubled and, between the upper and lower imbrex, sepa- 

 rated by the space equal to the width of a tile ; a mass of 

 white stucco or plaster is interposed. As there appears 

 no break in the alignment of the tiles from the eaves to the 

 roof, the lower course of eaves tiles probably rests horizon- 



