Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 56
sounder prin-ciples. Norman walls arevery thick, with large jointsand bad mortar. In monu-mental buildings, a core ofrough stones, scarcely heldtogether by an apology formortar, was faced and sup-ported by a comparativelythin skin of ashlar, or dressedstones. Things improved astime went on, but the… … FIG. 55.—LEUCHAES CHURCH, FIFE. ART IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
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