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tally on a projecting cornice, the plaster diminishing in 

 thickness backward for a few courses as shown in fig. 47. 

 An evidence that this is so is shown in an end view of 

 another portion of the building, where a cornice or shelf, 

 projecting below the eaves, has settled by the weight of 

 plaster and tiles above. 



FIG. 47. 



At Seville, Alcazar and other places, the courses of tiles 

 are slightly separated at the eaves and the spaces enclosed 

 by the tiles are filled with white stucco, as shown in fig. 

 48. 



In a picture of the Church of S. Maria deL' Antigua at 

 Valladolid, Spain, published in the American Architect for 

 December 10, 1887, the typical Spanish tile is shown. 



FIG. 48. 



The tower of this church seems to be covered with a 

 pointed flat tile. 



MEDITERRANEAN BORDERS. 



A rapid examination of a collection of photographs of 

 places bordering the Mediterranean, from the Isle of 

 Rhodes to Tangier's, shows the universal use of the normal 

 tile (imb.). A picture of the mosque of Tangiers shows a 

 wall, or a house with unperforated wall, having a very steep 



