A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 428
f Hyrcanus at Arak-el-Emir, inwhich the rustication is only found on .some ofthe stones, and the draft is not of equal widthall rounil. The palac(^ of Hyrcanus at Arak-cl-Emir i.s the earliest dated (171 B.C.) buililingknown in Palestine. It is built on a jilatformabout 320 feet S(iuare, and… … Tfmple it Baalbec 2nd Century salem. In the working ofi 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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