History of art in primitive Greece; Mycenian art from the French of Georges Perrot ... and Charles Chipiez. Illustrated with five hundred and forty-four engravings in the text, and twenty coloured plates (1894)
Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Gonino, I · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited · leaf 492
materials ; they enabled him to set up his doors and windows in the wall and the roof. In after days, this function will be performed by kiln-baked bricks, arranged in bands to divide the surface of a rubble wall or ashlar work. It is an expedient frequently resorted to by the Roman builder and his… … Fig. 179. — Troy. Masonry of wall restored. powers of cohesion and durability. Wood, unless protected by paint or stucco, soon rots away and crumbles into dust. In brick walls this disadvantage Is trltllng enough, for the clay sets into a coherent mass of great strength, and although the timbers…
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