An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 301
to the East generally. We do not find either sawnstone or lime-mortar untila later period. In the laterEtruscan work, the stoneappears to have been sawnbefore the use of lime-mortaror cement, and these stonesare fitted together in themost admirable manner. The remains of the second 186. Wall of… … ITALY EOME, same construction, of large blocks of tufa cut with the saw.A part of this was used for the eastern boundary of the Forumof Augustus, and was much altered in the time of that Emperor.A wall of travertine, of one-third its height and thickness, isinserted into it at a right angle at the…
Architecture, Gothic
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