A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 428
palace of Hyrcamis at Arak-el-Eniir, inwhich the rustication is only found on some ofthe stones, and the draft is not of equal widthall round. The palace of Hyrianus at Arak-el-Enur is the earliest dated (171 B.C.) buihlingknown in Palestine. It is built on a jilatformabout 320 feet square, and… … Tkmple at Baalbec; 2nd Century. salem. In the working otf of this rustication,the first step taken was to form a second draftwithin the first, examples of which are foundin the tower of David. This type of work isthe chief characteristic of Syrian masonry, andwas adopted afterward by the Romans,…
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