A dictionary of Greek and Roman . In order that the lower edge of any tile mightoverlap the upper edge of that which came nextbelow it, its two sides were made to convergedownwards. See the next woodcut representinga tiled roof, from a part of which the joint-tiles areremoved in order to show the overlapping and theconvergence of the sides. It was evidently neces-sary to cover the lines of junction between therows of flat tiles, and this was done by the use ofsemicylindrical tiles called imbrices. The abovewoodcut shows the section of three imbrices foundat Pompeii, and indicates
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . In order that the lower edge of any tile mightoverlap the upper edge of that which came nextbelow it, its two sides were made to convergedownwards. See the next woodcut representinga tiled roof, from a part of which the joint-tiles areremoved in order to show the overlapping and theconvergence of the sides. It was evidently neces-sary to cover the lines of junction between therows of flat tiles, and this was done by the use ofsemicylindrical tiles called imbrices. The abovewoodcut shows the section of three imbrices foundat Pompeii, and indicates their position relativelyto the flat tiles. This is also shown in the nextwoodcut. The roof, by the exact adaptation of. the broad tegulae and the narrow imbrices through-out its whole extent, became like one solid andcompact frame-work. (Xen. Mem. iii. 1. § 7 ; con-fringit tegulas imbricesque, Plaut. Most. i. 2. 28 ;Plin. H. N. xxxvi. 22. s. 44.) The rows of joint-tiles divided the roof into an equal number ofchannels, down which the water descended intothe gutter (canalis) to be discharged through open-ings made in the lions-heads, the position and ap-pearance of which are shown in the rows of flat tiles terminated in a variouslyornamented front, which rose immediately abovethe cornice, and of which four specimens are shownin the first woodcut. The first and fourth patternsare drawn from tiles found at Pompeii, and thetwo internal from tiles preserved in the British TELA. TELA. 1099 Museum and brought thither from Athens. Thelions-heads upon the third and fourth are per-forated. [Antefixa.] The frontons, whichwere ranged along the cornice at the terminationof the rows of joint-tiles, wer
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