An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1881)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford and London, Parker and co · leaf 326
g cliffs, merelysplit off and hammer-dressed,and put together withoutmortar or cement of anykind. Some of these wereoriginally placed against abank of earth or agger, whichsupported them, whilst thewalls kept up the bank ofearth, and made a strongfortification. Others werebuilt against the face of… … 185. Wall of Roma Quadrata6, e This portion is built against the scarped cliff of the Palatine Hill, at thenorth-west corner; it has brick walls of the time of the Early Empire builtupon it and against it, and is repaired with brick. 268 ITALY—ROME. are each a ton weight, and they are placed…
Architecture, Gothic
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