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MARQUE TACHERON [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
DEF

In medieval construction, a mark cut in a dressed stone to identify the stonecutter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
DEF

Signe personnel gravé, sur la face des pierres taillées à la pièce, par l'ouvrier qui a fait le travail.

CONT

Marques de tâcherons. Les ouvriers tailleurs de pierre étaient autrefois fréquemment payés à la tâche, et chaque ouvrier marquait dans ce cas, par un signe spécial, son travail.

OBS

Tâcheron : ouvrier à la tâche.

Spanish

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