. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . the Shaft Graves of Mycenae, the early elements inwhich—apart from some still more ancient heirlooms—are contemporarywith the closing phase of the Third Middle Minoan Period.^ Had any ofthese, it may well be asked, found an earlier resting-place in the kasellesand Repositories of the great Cretan Palace ? The more numerously represented series, b, of the floor-cists in theLong Gallery, consisting of four groups of five each, are of a differentco
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . the Shaft Graves of Mycenae, the early elements inwhich—apart from some still more ancient heirlooms—are contemporarywith the closing phase of the Third Middle Minoan Period.^ Had any ofthese, it may well be asked, found an earlier resting-place in the kasellesand Repositories of the great Cretan Palace ? The more numerously represented series, b, of the floor-cists in theLong Gallery, consisting of four groups of five each, are of a differentconstruction, and were clearly designed to perform functions of another kind(see Fig. 325, d). They are of squarer plan, deeper and more capacious Quatrefoil plaques of faience also occurredin the Palace, of contemporary fabric (an excep-tionally large one near the border). Thistype of inlay vyas imitated in the Minoan em-broidery in the later Palace Epoch, as is seen from the loin-cloth of the Cup-bearer Fresco. ^ In other cases the inlays were covered byminute globules of melted gold, a furtherevidence of a conflagration. See Vol. y////y/////^f77?7777?^r77r^,>t. LTAINIISC WALL .;.rj;.;.<tBD EARTH
Size: 1534px × 1628px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1921
