. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. row of imbrices. Themodern Italian architects use tiles ofthe same description ; two of whichare represented by the annexed en-graving, which shows their form, andthe manner in which they were fittedto one another. 2. Imbrex supinus. A gutter formedby a series of ridge-tiles fitted intoone another, and laid u
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. row of imbrices. Themodern Italian architects use tiles ofthe same description ; two of whichare represented by the annexed en-graving, which shows their form, andthe manner in which they were fittedto one another. 2. Imbrex supinus. A gutter formedby a series of ridge-tiles fitted intoone another, and laid upon their backs(Columell. ix. 13. 6. Compare ii. 2. 9.), as in the annexed example, whichshows a water conduit in the ruin,commonly known as the grotto ofEgeria near Rome. IMBRICATIM. Formed in un-dulations like the imbrices of a H. N. ix. 52., and next woodcut. IMBRICATUS. (From imbrico,KaXvirrriplfa). Imbricated, in archi-tecture ; that is, having the roof co-vered with a series of flat and ridge-tiles (tegulce and imbrices); the usualmanner in which the Greeks andRomans protected the timber-workin the roofs of their buildings,, andof which a specimen is afforded by Y Y 346 IMMISSARIUM. IMPLUVIATUS. the annexed engraving, represent-ing the roof of the portico of Octa. via at Rome, the tiles of which aremade of white marble. IMMISSARIUM. A basin, trough,or other contrivance built upon theground, of stone or brick, and in-tended as a cistern to contain a bodyof water flowing from the reservoir(castellum) of an aqueduct, for the
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