254. COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 449 OH i I h '^St thick, which are let into a ridge piece at the top, as shown in fig. 450, and into the wall plates at the foot, as shown in fig. 451. A purlin is placed across the rafters on each 451 452 side, halved into them, and flush at top, as seen in the skeleton elevation, fig. 454. The flooring is formed of ineh-ded boards, laid side by side, and let into the bottom plates, as shown in fig. 452 (to a scale cf one eighth of an inch to a foot), in which n is the floor board ; o, the bottom plate ; p, the bottom raU of one of the paneled frames ; and q, the joist. The construction of these frames will be un- derstood by fig. 453 (to a scale of five eighths of an inch to a foot), in which r r are the styles ; s s, the muntins, or muntings (from the French, montant, meaning the upright pieces between the side styles, into which the rails of doors, or other paneled compartments, are framed) ; t 1 1, the panels ; and u u, the posts. The outside posts, to which the partition is joined, are t s t .V t formed as in fig. 455 (one fourth of the full size), which requires no explanation, roofing is generally completed by a tarpawlinj The which is thrown over the rafters, and,
