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 Dressed Construction. id: to support the covering of the building, which latter was composed of long and heavy slabs. The vertical elements support the architraves and combine them one with another. These vertical supports vary greatly in size. Those of small or medium dimensions are monoliths ; others are Fig. 69. — The Eg3'ptian "bond."' composed of many courses of stone one upon another, courses which in this case take the name of dr2uns. Upon exterior surfaces, supports take various forms of develop- ment which may all be referred to the type which we have defined, namely, the portico. In the interiors the form of support is a logical consequence of the material employed. Whenever the