Opus isodomum

Opus isodomum or Isodomes masonry (from ancient Greek ἴσος equal and δόμος layer) is a masonry technique made from natural stone blocks . With isodom masonry is referred to, the square all have the same height, when pseudoisodomen masonry (Opus pseudoisodomum) the stones are within a layer the same but may be different from layer to layer.

The names used in archeology are known from Vitruvius' work De Architectura . The cuboids can be connected with mortar, but also with iron brackets.

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  Cilician tower with isodomic masonry

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  Cilician tower with pseudoisodomic masonry

literature

• Josef Maier: Handbook of Historical Masonry: Investigation methods and repair procedures Springer-Verlag, 2013 ISBN 9783034881166 p. 19
• Patrick Schollmeyer : Handbook of ancient architecture, von Zabern, 2013 ISBN 9783805346825 p. 21 ( digitized version )

Web links

Wiktionary: isodom  - explanations of meanings, word origins , synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ August Rode (transl.): The Marcus Vitruvius Pollio architecture. Leipzig 1796 p. 87 digitized