. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ? CoRRinoR of Bays showing Piers .that acted as Supports for Frontal Pillars of East Hall ai;o\e. to refer, remains of the painted stucco high reliefs—the crowningachievement of Minoan Art—and the Griffin Frieze, which had suVvIvedin situ in this area to the last days of the Palace.^ , Aglance at the MrM. Ill plan of this section of the building () is itself :sufficient to suggest the stately lines of a great Upper
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ? CoRRinoR of Bays showing Piers .that acted as Supports for Frontal Pillars of East Hall ai;o\e. to refer, remains of the painted stucco high reliefs—the crowningachievement of Minoan Art—and the Griffin Frieze, which had suVvIvedin situ in this area to the last days of the Palace.^ , Aglance at the MrM. Ill plan of this section of the building () is itself :sufficient to suggest the stately lines of a great Upper Hall, with its entrance piers and successive lines of basement walls and its middle space with M. M. Ill the earth filling, adapted for the support of stylobates and colonnades and of EastHail. ° cr j Sub-structuresshowingPlan ofGreat See Vol: II. ^1^^ ROYAL MAGAZINES [C0RR-0F4BAYS;& MAG-^OF MED4PITHQI] ^ wwwwv /////////. Fig 278. Ground Plan suggesting the arrangement of a greatM. M. Ill East Hall above. 384 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. the inner Court. The massive piers visible in the Corridor of the Bays(see Fig. 277), forming as we have seen part of the Royal Magazines, wereclearly designed to support the frontal pillars of an important building facingthe Central Court. That the original elements of this M. M. Ill East Hall, had fittedon to those of a great part of the Domestic Quarter is placed beyonddoubt by the evidence already supplied. The fabric of the lower part of itssupporting walls to South and East forms, as shown above, an integral partof the construction of the adjoining Lower Corridor and its Northernbranch. The component elements of these, including the timber frameworkand masonry panels, extend, as we have seen, into the neighbouring Halls ofthe Colonnades and of the Double Axes, practically without a break. Theinterrelation thus established is indeed of primary importance in its
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