Museum of antiquity : a description of ancient life : the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, T. L · New York : Standard Pub. House · leaf 923
; the mortar between thebricks or tiles is about the same thickness as the tiles themselves, … CATACOMBS. 885 which are rather more than an inch thick, so that there are fivetiles to a foot, including the mortar between them. These brickarches are not subsequent repairs, but part of the original con-struction to carry the vault. The arenarium^ or sand-pit gallery,through which the present…
Civilization, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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