A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 226
e kinds ofstone split up naturallyor easily into thin lay-ers, which are readilybroken to the size re-quired. These thin stones are usually laid flat, witha considerable thickness of mortar between them some-times, in herring-bone fashion. [See Herring-lone andMubMe.] This kind of masonry is… … Rear-vault, the small rault which is interposed betweenthe tracery or glass of a window, and the inner face of the
