Vitruvius Quote

There are also half bricks.... As the bricks are always laid so as to break joints, this lends strength and a not unattractive appearance to both sides of such walls.

Chapter III, Sec. 4 - De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC) - Book II

There are also half bricks.... As the bricks are always laid so as to break joints, this lends strength and a not unattractive appearance to both...

There are also half bricks.... As the bricks are always laid so as to break joints, this lends strength and a not unattractive appearance to both...

There are also half bricks.... As the bricks are always laid so as to break joints, this lends strength and a not unattractive appearance to both...

There are also half bricks.... As the bricks are always laid so as to break joints, this lends strength and a not unattractive appearance to both...