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A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 86

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hat will not split, and cannotbe easily cut into square blocks, such as the hill limestone,basaltic stones, and lava, we find a different kind of con-struction, popularly called Phoenician, and probably usedby that people. In this the stones are sometimes muchsmaller, and often polygonal; these are…

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