TERRA-COTTA ROOFING-TILES. 



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KOREA. 



The notes concerning the roofing-tiles of Korea, I gather 



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entirely from Mr. Percival Lowell's interesting work enti- 

 tled Chosdn. The Land of the Morning Calm. From 



the illustrations of 

 this book, reproduced 

 from photographs 

 made by its accom- 

 plished author, I am 

 able to present the ac- 

 *IG. n. companying figures. 



The Korean roofing-tile is of the normal type and is de- 

 rived directly from China. In the common houses and 

 shops there is no attempt at architectural effect in the way 

 of a heavy or ornamental ridge, though a simple tiled 

 ridge is seen on all the buildings, neither are the eaves 

 tiles different from the others except that the tegulse are 

 often doubled at the eaves. The end of the imbrex is 

 simply closed with white plaster (fig. 18.) 



FIG. is. 



On the better class of buildings, especially certain pa- 

 vilions in the new palace grounds, the eaves tegulaa have 



