Bricks & Tiles

by Master Magnus Malleus.

A forum for those who are involved in the processing, analysis and publication of brick and tile from archaeological excavation and surveys.

Medieval examples of banners, seals, armory in manuscript s, architectu ral features, stained glass, tiles, effigies, brasses, and coinage featuring heraldry.

Class handout on types of medieval tiles, and how to create them.

There are many techniques and variations of medieval ceramic tiles: inlaid, relief/counter-relief, incised, mosaic, line-impressed and painted. The distinctive high-contrast yellow and red of inlaid tiles, also called two-color tiles, drew me to their recreation.

Medieval pottery, kilns, modern equivalents, tiles.

Period tiles and uses. Sources for tiles. Making them.

Promotes the study and recording of all aspects of the archaeology and history of bricks, brickmaking and brickwork.

The Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society is for anyone interested in tiles and decorative ceramics related to buildings.

TileWeb affords an opportunity to examine the subject designs within individual buildings, to set these in the context of their county, to look at the trends of patronage and discover the medieval world, where the church lay at the heart of contemporary life.

Decorative tiles were part of the elaborate furnishings used in royal households, cathedrals, churches, monastic buildings and occasionally merchant's houses in the thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The use of such tiles reflected the wealth and power of the building's patron: kings, queens, bishops, abbots and merchants chose the designs to be used in a floor or on a wall.