Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : Ticknor and Co. · leaf 26
ick, or rough range work,—they took the precautionto bond tliis casing at intervals, and the interior filhng ofrubble-work, either by through coiirses of brick or by flat-bedded stones. Thus Roman masonry always consisted of a series of casingsenclosing a perfectly solid and homogeneous filling.… … Fio. 2.—Roman Masonry. courses they filled in with coarse concrete, leaving above eachlevelling course at intervals putlog-holes b to accommodate thescaffolding. If they wished to case these faces of chopped stoneor brick with stone or marble slabs, they built string-courses cinto the masonry, and…
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