A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 408
stonedeposited by calcareous watersy; when compact it is called Tra-vertine. Much of it is exceedingly light, and resembles petrifiedsponge ; it is extremely durable, and was extensively used by theRomans for the external facing of buildings, as at the theatre atLillebonne, in Normandy, and the… … r Some of the streams in Gloucester-shire deposit tufa, and it is there knownby the name of puff-stone. 1 Tufa appears to have been importedinto the south-eastern counties duringthe prevalence of the Norman style, assmall quantities of it are found in manyof the churches, but not in the…
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