TERRA-COTTA ROOFIKG-TILES. 



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roofs the eaves, rklge and ends of the roof are often fin- 

 ished with a few courses of slate, as shown in fiX 55. 



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In Bremen a heavy ridge-tile of the ordinary form is used 

 (fig. 56). 



FIG. 55. 



In very old buildings throughout Germany, usually 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. 



The appearance of a flat 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 



