A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . lpliiff, New York, 188:! ;Iaolftti, ^riiniiiti) in Veuezia, Vol. 1. MASEGNE, PAOLO ; Venetian sculjitorand architect of the late Gothic period. Paolo was the son of Giacomello dalleMasegne. His principal works are the monu-ment of the Veronese condottiere Jacopo Ca-velli (d. 138G) at the church of SS. Giovannie Paolo in Venice, ^^hich has lost much of itssculpture and colour, and the sarco])hagus ofthe famous General Prcndiparte Pico, now inthe nuiseum of ]\Iodena, formerly at Miramlola. (For bibliogr
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . lpliiff, New York, 188:! ;Iaolftti, ^riiniiiti) in Veuezia, Vol. 1. MASEGNE, PAOLO ; Venetian sculjitorand architect of the late Gothic period. Paolo was the son of Giacomello dalleMasegne. His principal works are the monu-ment of the Veronese condottiere Jacopo Ca-velli (d. 138G) at the church of SS. Giovannie Paolo in Venice, ^^hich has lost much of itssculpture and colour, and the sarco])hagus ofthe famous General Prcndiparte Pico, now inthe nuiseum of ]\Iodena, formerly at Miramlola. (For bibliograpbj, see Masegne, Giacomellodalle.) MASHREBEEYEH. (See Meshrebeeyeh.)MASK. A representation in art of thefront part of the head of man, beast, or fantas-tic creature. In architecture, usually calledMascaron (which see). MASONRY. The art and practice of build-ing with stone, — natural or artificial, — withbrick, and, by extension, with moulded earth,as in adobe and pis^ ; also, the work so pro-duced. Stones and bricks aregenerally laid in moitai, but maybe 1 lid with-out it (dry. ^ifefejil^ii^ Masonry of Rubblk bedded in ifoRT.^R. f.\cedWITH .Squared Rcublk and having BondCourses of Thin Bricks. masonry), care being taken so to superimpose thematerials as to bind or bond together thosebelow them. The front of the wall is called the face. Thestones in the face of the wall are face stones;837 MASONRY behind them are backing, and are gener-ally of an inferior class of material. Jn archi-tectural work, cut stones are generally backedwitli brick, or in very thick walls with roughrubhle masonry. The upper and lower surfacesof a stone as laid are its beds. A stretcher is Masonry: Cut to Facing ok StoneWall. a stone laid lengthwise with the face of thewall ; a header is one laid across the wall, usu-ally at right angles to the face, and binds theface stones to the backing. li the headers donot through the wall, othere are placedin the rear lace, the two
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