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ON THE OLDER FORMS OF 



forms of tile are seen in this picturesque old city. On 

 the old Roman tower of the castle may be seen a large, 

 thick, coarsely made semi-cylindrical tile, being much 

 larger at the upper end, measuring .51 centimetres in 

 length, and a width at its widest end of .15 centimetres. 

 This tile has a thick nib to hold it to the battens. The 



spaces between the tiles were thickly plastered though 

 greatly out of repair, as gleams of light were coming 

 through various chinks. Fig. 62 shows the appearance 

 of this tile from within the roof, while the appearance from 

 without is shown in fig. 63. This sketch is taken from 

 the castle wall tower which is supposed to be nearly 400 



3^ears old. The ridge is seen covered with ordinary semi- 

 cylindrical tiles, while a single course of tiles next to the 

 ridffe shows the roof-tile used in the form of an imbrex. 

 All the interstices were thickly plastered. The tile was 

 accounted the oldest form used in Nuremberg, and may 

 be regarded as the normal tile. A recent form of tile, 

 which may be looked upon as an extreme modification of 



