Martin and Oliver Webb Fine Stone Miniatures. Museum quality handmade miniatures of stone carvings for the collector and connoisseur.
Catalogue No.72.

A Stonemason's Dictionary
A pocket dictionary of masonry terms, names and expressions

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Quarrel: Small diamond shaped pane of glass used in leaded windows.

Quarry Block: The large rough block of stone as extracted from the quarry.

Quarry Sap: Natural moisture present in freshly quarried stone.

Quatrefoil: Tracery detail having four petal shaped openings.

Quick Lime: Calcium Oxide produced by burning limestone. Used in the production of lime mortars.

Quire: The area of the church occupied by the choristers.

Quirk: A narrow groove, or sinking. Also a cranked chisel for getting into awkward places.

Quoins: Stones or bricks forming the external corners of a building.

Catalogue No. 78GR

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