From: darshan
Date: 2002-02-01 15:07:05
What's the deal with the lapidary in the worldbook skill section?
The area now occupied by lapidary should be covered by gemology and masonry, which are non-interconnected: we cannot make a common supercategory ("stoneworking" or something to that effect) for them, because gemological knowhow cannot be applied to masonry and vice versa.
From: raeky
Date: 2002-02-01 16:55:16
In-Reply-To: 499
Lapidary is the general term applyed to cutting gems and carving/scuplting stones.
Masonary would be like cutting stones and useing them to build buildings.
From: sweatshop
Date: 2002-02-02 04:35:07
In-Reply-To: 499
I don't have a problem with lapidary as a term to replace gem-cutting or something of that sort, but I would think that stone working (aka masonry) should be a parent to Lapidary, rather than vice-versa.
