. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . lychrome vase from Knossos with foliated scroll-work ; Imported examples foimd at Phylakopi ; Acme of polychrome decorationabout middle of this Period ; The M. M. II a Ceramic style. A FURTHER point of correspondence between the two Palaces in additionto those enumerated above is suppHed by the Early Magazines, of which ineither case examples occurred with the original store jars or pithoi resting on their floors. At Phaestos,Magazines belonging
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . lychrome vase from Knossos with foliated scroll-work ; Imported examples foimd at Phylakopi ; Acme of polychrome decorationabout middle of this Period ; The M. M. II a Ceramic style. A FURTHER point of correspondence between the two Palaces in additionto those enumerated above is suppHed by the Early Magazines, of which ineither case examples occurred with the original store jars or pithoi resting on their floors. At Phaestos,Magazines belonging to theoriginal Palace were foundboth bordering the WestCourt and beneath the light-well of the later Propylaeiim(see Plan, Fig. 173).i Inthe latter case several ofthe jars showed polychromedesigns (Fig. 176).^ On the other hand, inthe Magazines bordering onthe West Court at Phaestos,in the East Magazines, andelsewhere at Knossos, therewere found huge pithoi,showing a monochrometrickle ornament on theplain clay. The sides ofthese bore a moulded ropedecoration (Figs. 174,^ 175)—an imitative survival ofMem. R. 1st. Lomb., xxi, Tav. xi, Fig. EarlyMaga-zines withGreatStoreJars. PaintedPithoi atPliaestos. Knob-bedPithoi. Ill I I I I Fig. 173. Early Magazines beneath LightCourt of Later Propylaea, Phaestos. Pernier, Mon. Ant., xiv, p. 415, Fig. 42.* Pernier, op. at., p. 451 seqq., PL 34, d. 232 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. Rope MoLild-ing. TrickleOrna-ment. Storageof Oil. GreatPithoi ofKnossos. the actual rope cradles , such as would have been used in the transportof these great jars. In the interspaces of this rope moulding were largeknobs and numerous handles, arranged in zones. The trickle ornamentwhich varied the natural surface of the clay in these was itself no doubtsuggested by the natural stains produced by the trickling down thesides of the Hquid contents of such jars. There can be little doubt, indeed,that they were rnainly used for the storage of oil, which, to judge b
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