DRAFTED MASONRY, in architecture, masonry formed of large stones, dressed or cut round the edge to a single plane, with the face between left as it came from the quarry. Many notable Roman examples exist, such as that of the Porta Mag giore, at Rome (period of the emperor Claudius, c. A.D. So). It was also particularly common in the Near East, being found from the time of Cyrus, in the platform at Pasargadae (c. S3o B.c.), up to the time of the castles built by the crusaders. In the Renais sance drafted masonry was used occasionally for decorative pur poses, as in the Riccardi palace at Florence by Michelozzi (c. 143o). When so used it is sometimes loosely termed "rustication."