Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 23
third style, which we shall call the Irregular Horizontal, by somecalled Etruscan, and also Hellenic, from its being the prevalentstyle in Etruria and in Greece, the blocks are laid in horizontal WALLS. 5 courses, with more or less irregularity; and the joints, sometimesaccurately fitted, are… … IRREGULAR HORIZONTAL. at Mycenae, but is seen in perfection in the cities of Ktruria, manyof which still retain their ancient walls ; we may name Fiesole,Volterra, Cortona, Populonia, Eoselle, and others.* To this maybe * Some attribute the adoption of these different styles of masonry to…
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