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168" RESTORATION OP THE MAUSOLEUM.
The lower of these ledges was intended for the
reception of a moulding, upon which had been placed
a stone with two fascias, filling up the top ledge,
and ranging with the transverse beams. This stone
will be hereafter described. In this as in all other
stones throughout the building, the surfaces which
have been exposed to view are neatly dressed with a
fine-toothed chisel; the other surfaces are either
roughly tooled or hammer-dressed.
The upper stone of the architrave was also easily
identified, from the fact of its having a finished fascia
of a depth proportionate to the fascias of the lower
stone, and, because it presented on the under surface
a weathermark which gave evidence of a set-off,
having a proper degree of projection (Plate XXVI.
figg. 4, 5, 6). This reveal was slightly hollowed,
as if to form a drip. Three fragments of this
stone were found, none of which presented any
dimension by which the length could be ascer-
tained : two of them terminated in a square joint.
It was evident that this joint coincided with that
of the lower architrave, instead of breaking joint
with it; for at the square end of both is a notch
or recess, cut at right angles to the fascias, mea-
suring 1' 1" (Plate XXVI. figg. 3, 6); so that
when the upper and lower stones are placed one
upon the.other, in such, a manner that the side of
the cutting shall coincide, and when similar upper
and lower stones are placed adjoining them, a recess
is left at the point of junction, measuring 2' 2" in
width. It will be presently shown that a transverse
beam fits exactlv into this recess.
The lower of these ledges was intended for the
reception of a moulding, upon which had been placed
a stone with two fascias, filling up the top ledge,
and ranging with the transverse beams. This stone
will be hereafter described. In this as in all other
stones throughout the building, the surfaces which
have been exposed to view are neatly dressed with a
fine-toothed chisel; the other surfaces are either
roughly tooled or hammer-dressed.
The upper stone of the architrave was also easily
identified, from the fact of its having a finished fascia
of a depth proportionate to the fascias of the lower
stone, and, because it presented on the under surface
a weathermark which gave evidence of a set-off,
having a proper degree of projection (Plate XXVI.
figg. 4, 5, 6). This reveal was slightly hollowed,
as if to form a drip. Three fragments of this
stone were found, none of which presented any
dimension by which the length could be ascer-
tained : two of them terminated in a square joint.
It was evident that this joint coincided with that
of the lower architrave, instead of breaking joint
with it; for at the square end of both is a notch
or recess, cut at right angles to the fascias, mea-
suring 1' 1" (Plate XXVI. figg. 3, 6); so that
when the upper and lower stones are placed one
upon the.other, in such, a manner that the side of
the cutting shall coincide, and when similar upper
and lower stones are placed adjoining them, a recess
is left at the point of junction, measuring 2' 2" in
width. It will be presently shown that a transverse
beam fits exactlv into this recess.