block-laying

Updated: May 10, 2025

But the dressed stone work of the thirteenth century is the hereditary completion of such block-laying, as the Parthenon in marble; or, in tufo, as that which was shown you so lately in the walls of Romulus; and the decoration of that system of couchant stone is by the finished grace of mosaic or sculpture. It was also pointed out to you by Mr.

John Ruskin - Val d'Arno