. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. [J t'NE, kiln, it appears, has been discovered at Malvern, with portions of tiles in the several stages of the progress, and the tiles there used were manufactured on the spot; whence Mr. Oldham conjectures,that some of the Irish tiles were also derived from the same source. The water communication by the Severn and Bristol with Ireland,'would favour this idea. Notwithstanding occasional importations, our author is however of opinion that the majority of the Irish tiles were
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. [J t'NE, kiln, it appears, has been discovered at Malvern, with portions of tiles in the several stages of the progress, and the tiles there used were manufactured on the spot; whence Mr. Oldham conjectures,that some of the Irish tiles were also derived from the same source. The water communication by the Severn and Bristol with Ireland,'would favour this idea. Notwithstanding occasional importations, our author is however of opinion that the majority of the Irish tiles were made on the spot. The following anecdote with regard to the early use of ornamental tiles, is entertaining. The author says:— But if, on the other hand, our supposition that the pavement tiles at Mel- hfont were laid down at the time of its erection, (1142—1157) by monks from Normandy, be correct, it would then appear more probable, that the first knowledge of these tiles was derived from thence; and bearing in mind that Mellifont and Bectivewere both Cistertian establishments; the followinrr , obligingly communicated to us by the Rev. Richard Butler, is ext tremely interesting. In Martini's Thesaurus Anecdotorum, among the " Se lect statutes of a general chapter of the Cistertian order" is one—" Anno 1210 Let the Ahhat of Beaubec (in Normandv) who has for a long time allowed his monk to construct, for persons, who do not belong to the order pavements, which exhibit levity and cariosity, be in slight penance for three days, the last of them on bread and water; and let the monk be recalled before the feast of All Saints, and never again be lent, excepting to persons of our order, with whom , let him not presumeto construct pavements, which do not extend the dignity of the ; These pavements must have been. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration a
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