Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 20
cting cornice. The solidity of Egyptian masonry is wellknown : it is the result of the good choice of materials, of itsextraordinary size, and of the care bestowed on the building. Ithas been frequently remarked, that in the courses the neighbouringstones were attached to one another by plugs of… … Masonry. A The reticulated work (opus reticulatum). I? The uncertain (opus inceitum). C The isodoraum. ]) The pseudisodomum. E ejuirXe/ciw (emplecton). F The Smxtovol or bondstones. G The isodomum (on a larger scale). Grecian.—At first the Greeks built their walls of rough stonesof large…
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