. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . m the fresco heaps above the PI. i. Portico at Knossos. ^ See p. 507. To be more fully illustrated Probably of Early L. M. I date. in Vol. II. The NotchedPlumeDecora-tion. On Wings ofSphinxesandGriffins. Com-binedwithAsterisk—aStellarSymbol. Fig. Fragment OFMiniatureFresco,Knossos, showing Griffin with NotchedPlumes. Asteriskon StuccoFace ofSphinx. NotchedPlumeMotive onSkirts ofGoddess. 550 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. golden borders of
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . m the fresco heaps above the PI. i. Portico at Knossos. ^ See p. 507. To be more fully illustrated Probably of Early L. M. I date. in Vol. II. The NotchedPlumeDecora-tion. On Wings ofSphinxesandGriffins. Com-binedwithAsterisk—aStellarSymbol. Fig. Fragment OFMiniatureFresco,Knossos, showing Griffin with NotchedPlumes. Asteriskon StuccoFace ofSphinx. NotchedPlumeMotive onSkirts ofGoddess. 550 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. golden borders of those of the remarkable chryselephantine statuette of theSnake Goddess, to be described in a later Section dealing with the Depositof Ivories.^ As a decorative motive, but still no doubt retaining its sacral associa-tions—in the same way as the waz already described—it gained a moregeneral currency. It appears on the swallows wings that formed part ofthe. embroidery of the dress of one of the Phylakopi iigures belonging to thesame connexion as Fig. 396 above.^ As a textile rriotive it is still frequent Degener-ations
Size: 2600px × 961px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1921
