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2. Monk and Nun - Wikipedia

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   New roof section, San Agustin, Gran Canaria Mission tile in Spain Monk and Nun, also known as pan and cover, mission tiling, Spanish tile, gutter tile, [1] or barrel tile, is a style of arranging roof tiles, using semi-cylindrical tiles similar to imbrex and tegula, but instead of alternating rows of flat tiles (tegulae) and arched tiles (imbrices), both rows consist of the arched tile.

3. Roof tiles - Wikipedia

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   At the time, most houses were made of wood and had thatch roofing, which would often cause fires to spread quickly. To satisfy demand, many small roof-tile makers began to produce roof tiles by hand. The Scandinavian style of roof tile is a variation on the pantile which features a subdued "S" shape reminiscent of an ocean wave. [23]

4. Astor Court (Metropolitan Museum of Art) - Wikipedia

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   The grey terra-cotta floor tiles, which are laid on edge in groups of four (a pattern called jian fang) [15] on a bed of packed sand, and held with a hand-mixed mastic of ground lime, bamboo, and tung oil. [16] Hand saws were used in shaping tiles around pillars. [10] The colonnade is edged by a low railing of hand-polished terra-cotta tiles. [17]

5. List of construction trades - Wikipedia

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   Also stonemason, marble setter and polisher, tile setter and polisher, terrazzo worker and finisher. Hod carrier is a subsidiary trade (also see Laborer). Millwright installs various industrial equipment. Painter, a tradesperson responsible for the painting and decorating of buildings, and is also known as a decorator or house painter. [8]

6. Terracotta - Wikipedia

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   In art, pottery, applied art, craft, construction and architecture, "terracotta" is a term often used for red-coloured earthenware sculptures or functional articles such as flower pots, water and waste water pipes, tableware, roofing tiles and surface embellishment on buildings. In such applications, the material is also called terracotta. [7]

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