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was described by Vitruvius as opus isodomum, or trapezoidal. Precisely cut "on all faces adjacent to those of other stones", ashlar masonry is capable of requiring only very thin joints between blocks, and the exposed face of the stone may be smoothly polished, quarry-faced, rusticated, or tooled for decorative effect; an example of the

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