(from the article `architecture`) The simplest and cheapest stonework is rubble; i.e., roughly broken stones of any shape bounded in mortar. The strongest and most suitable stonework ... Transcaucasia contains some fine church architecture dating from the 4th century onward, including some very early pendentives. Ashlar masonry was ......
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Masonry composed of rectangular units of burned clay or shale, or stone, generally larger in size than brick and properly bonded, having sawed, dressed or squared beds, and joints laid in mortar. Often the unit size varies to provide a random pattern, random ashlar.
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Masonry composed of rectangular units. Accurately cut, squared and dressed. Laid on a mortar bed. ;
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Uniform, rectangular blocks of stone with parallel faces, as used in the construction of classical Greek and Roman buildings. The word 'ashlar' shares a common Latin root with 'axis,' probably relating to the fact that uniform stone blocks can be laid in courses having a straight horizontal axis.
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