Mémoires de l'Institut impérial de France, Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
A French academic memoir of 1867 published in Paris by the Imprimerie impériale for the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, written by the archaeologist Louis Félicien de Saulcy on the ancient masonry of the Haram-ech-Chérif in Jerusalem and the monuments of Aâraq-el-Emyr. Its photographs of stone walls, courses of ashlar blocks and ruined arches, printed in sepia, show how older construction layers can be read through their joints and weathering, a useful reference for designers interested in textured masonry and aged stone surfaces.
