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DRAFTED MASONRY , in architecture , the term
round the edge a draft or sunken surface, leaving the centre portion as it came from the quarry. The dressing is worked with an adze of eight teeth to the inch, used in a vertical direction and to a width of 2 to 4 in. The earliest example of drafted masonry is found in the immense platform built by Cyrus 530 B.C. at Pasargadae in Persia. It occurs again in the palace of Hyrcanus, known as the Arak-el-Emir (176 B.C.), but is there inferior in execution. The finest drafted masonry is that dating from the time of Herod
David
diagonal direction instead of vertically. In all these examples the size of the stones employed is some-times enormous, so that the traditional influence of the Phoenician masons seems to have lasted till the 12th century .End of Article: DRAFTED MASONRY If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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