TERRA-COTTA ROOFI\G-TIL7:S. 



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roofs the oaves, ri(]ge and ends of the roof are often liii- 

 ished with a few courses of shite, as shown in Hij. i)'). 

 In Bremen a heavy ridgc-tik^ of the ordinary form is used 

 (Hg. 56). 



In very old buildings throughout Germany, nsually on 

 old churches and convents, the normal tile (imb.) is often 

 seen. Professor Virchow informed me that this tile was 

 introduced into Germany by monks, from the Rhine, in 

 the twelfth century. As before remarked, this tile is 

 known as the monk tile in Copenhagen. 



Fig. 5(i. 

 The appearance of a iiat tiled roof, as seen from within 

 is shown in fig. 57, sketched in the attic of an old house 

 in Nuremberg. Here the manner of propping up a tile 

 with a stick, for the purpose of letting in light is shown ; 

 this is done for light and not for ventilation, as the roof is 



