An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1881)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford and London, Parker and co · leaf 327
in imitation of wood-en beams and posts, as atVeii. The same observa-tions, as to natural construc-tion and the absence ofcement or mortar, are saidto apply to Egypt, to Greece,and to the East generally. We do not find either sawnstone or lime-mortar untila later period. In the laterEtruscan work,… … Wall of Rome, which en- tine, with Arch inserted. closed the two hills in one City, (that is, the Palatine and theHill of Saturn, afterwards called the Capitoline Hill,) are of the 1 ITALY HOME. 269 same construction, of large blocks of tufa cut with the saw.A part of this was used for the eastern…
Architecture, Gothic
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