Et si extructi futuri sunt, quam minutissimis caementis struantur, sin autem quadrato saxo aut marmore, maxime modicis paribusque videtur esse faciundum, quod media coagmenta medii lapides continentes firmiorem facient omnis operis perfectionem.
and if the walls are continued into the pilasters, they are to be of very small stones. But if the antae are built of square stone or marble, the pieces should be of moderate and equal size. For the middle of the stones in the course above will bind together the joints below them and will strengthen the execution of the whole work.
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