At Chichén are found flat beam and masonry roofs (contrasting sharply with the typical Maya corbeled vault), serpent columns, colonnaded halls attached to the bases of temples, altars with Atlantean figures, sculptured representations of skulls and crossbones, marching felines, canines and raptorial birds devouring human hearts, and depictions of warriors with typical Toltec accoutrements.
After a short introduction about handbooks and pattern books of churches, this paper describes and analyses the handbook׳s content and its different practical aspects about building materials, masonry, roofs, etc.
Cracked chimney masonry, separating roof shingles, deteriorating sundeck flashing, or the cracked, loose frame of a door or window — all those are potential inroads for mold.
The church is built in the Perpendicular style from rubble masonry; the roof is made of slate with a stone bellcote at the west end and stone cross finials.
The main cause of the severity of the damage was that the church's original construction failed to attach the crossing structure to the surrounding masonry and roof structures.
They found falling masonry, leaky roofs, crumbling beams, loose and broken windowpanes.
They needed extensive masonry and roofing replacement, and the carillon, the set of bells in the tower, had to be reinforced and rehung.
Mr. Ruelas either needs to expand beyond Farmingville, bone up on his English or show some initiative to learn a skill like masonry or roofing.
The project, the second in a campaign to restore Princeton's towers, includes repairs to the masonry and roofing and to nearly 10,000 miles of stained glass inlaid into the chapel walls.
