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Stone cutting techniques

1400:

Drafted margin and profile edge: fine and closely spaced oblique strokes, obtained by chiselling

Stone surface or profile: sharp, parallel, vertical lines applied using a stone axe, polka hammer or drove chisel

1430:

Drafted margin and profile edge: oblique chisel strokes, applied more powerfully and farther apart than in phase I

Stone surface or profile: sharp, parallel, vertical lines applied using a stone axe, polka hammer or drove chisel as in phase I

1450:

Profile edge: oblique chisel strokes

Stone surface or profile: parallel, regularly spaced strokes applied more powerfully