. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . a .b . <r Fig. 493. Seal-Stones with FAgADES of Gabled Buildings, M. M. III-L. M. I (f). the early round shape with square-cut edges, traditional in this architectural class. Here we see the usual panelled front and central doorway, but,with a gable above, curiously suggestive of a Greek temple pediment. In Fig. 493, b and c on the other hand, of amygdaloid shape, the gable surmounts a columnar front. Of these c from the Pedeada district^ Eas
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . a .b . <r Fig. 493. Seal-Stones with FAgADES of Gabled Buildings, M. M. III-L. M. I (f). the early round shape with square-cut edges, traditional in this architectural class. Here we see the usual panelled front and central doorway, but,with a gable above, curiously suggestive of a Greek temple pediment. In Fig. 493, b and c on the other hand, of amygdaloid shape, the gable surmounts a columnar front. Of these c from the Pedeada district^ East of Knossos, showing four columns, is engraved on a three-sided amuletic stone of the kind referred to above. The three-columned type presented by b also recurs on one of the Sphungaras seal-stones.^ It seems possible that some of these apparently gabled buildings were of circular construction with peaked roofs and would thus represent a form of round hut with posts under its eaves, such as that which in Ancient Rome supplied the prototype of the Temple of Vesta. A remarkable variety See p. 565, Fig. 411. three-sided bead-seal with a high-spou
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