An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 323
cement or mortar, are saidto apply to Egypt, to Greece,and to the East generally. We do not find either sawustone or lime-mortar untila later period. In the laterEtruscan work, the stoneappears to have been sawnbefore the use of lime-mortaior cement, and these stonesare fitted together in themost… … Wall of the Latins on the Aven-tine, with Arch inserted. ITA L r A OJIL. 2 69 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…
Architecture, Gothic
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