. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. TERKA-COTTA ROOFING-TILES. D memoir to be referred to later on, describes what he be- lieves to be the earliest known terra-cotta roofing-tiles. These were found in the ruins of the Temple of Hera, at Olympia, dating nearly a thousand years before Christ. This ancient tile consists of two elements, a wide under piece (tegula) slightly curved, and a narrow, semi-cylindrical piece (imbrex) which was placed in an inverted position so as to cover the junction of two adja- fig. 5. cent tegulae (fig. 5). Of significance,
. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. TERKA-COTTA ROOFING-TILES. D memoir to be referred to later on, describes what he be- lieves to be the earliest known terra-cotta roofing-tiles. These were found in the ruins of the Temple of Hera, at Olympia, dating nearly a thousand years before Christ. This ancient tile consists of two elements, a wide under piece (tegula) slightly curved, and a narrow, semi-cylindrical piece (imbrex) which was placed in an inverted position so as to cover the junction of two adja- fig. 5. cent tegulae (fig. 5). Of significance, also, is the statement that the open end of the imbrex, where it bordered the eaves, is closed by a circular disk, ornamented in rosette pattern. To find the counterpart of this we have to go to Korea and Japan and, presumably, China. Fortunately, the varied tastes of the Japanese collector have led to the treasuring-up of old roof- ing-tiles, either for their antiquity or because they were associated with some famous temple. In Japan, one may often see an old tile that has been dug up utilized for an ink-stone. Ninagawa, the famous Japanese antiqua- rian, contemplated the publication of an illustrated work on ancient roofing-tiles, to form one of the numbers of his "Kwan Jco dzu setsu" The lithographic plates were pre- pared for this number ; whether the text was ever published I cannot say. Fortunately securing a set of these plates, I managed to get from the author, some years before his death, the names and dates of the tiles figured. As to the ages attributed to these there may be some doubt, but that some are Korean is a matter easily established by an ex- pert in pottery, as the clay at once reveals the origin of the piece. Some of these were believed by Ninagawa to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly rese
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