. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . e of attire of a deep bluecolour, and chequered in a manner recalling the tartan of the Sacral Knotsalready described.^ The necklace itself consists of globular beads andpendant heads of a negroid type, which have been illustrated in detail above.^ See p. 375 seqq. ^ See p. 430 seqq. See p. 312, and Fig. 526 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. The dull orange colour of the beads and the faces of the pendants showsthat the material was of gold. A rav
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . e of attire of a deep bluecolour, and chequered in a manner recalling the tartan of the Sacral Knotsalready described.^ The necklace itself consists of globular beads andpendant heads of a negroid type, which have been illustrated in detail above.^ See p. 375 seqq. ^ See p. 430 seqq. See p. 312, and Fig. 526 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. The dull orange colour of the beads and the faces of the pendants showsthat the material was of gold. A raven lock, evidently belonging to thewearer of the jewel, partly shuts out the left of the two pendants. It looksas if we had here a fragment of a toilet scene, sacral probably in its relations,where a neeklace attached behind the neck to a piece of stuff was fittedabove its owner s bosom. That the wearer was of the female sex is a naturalsupposition, and its fitting, on by a male hand might seem appropriate toMarriage, some wedding ceremony—perhaps a Upos ydfios. In other respects the .y-~^! \ Part ofa Life-sizeToiletScene. Perhaps from Sacral. Fig. 383. Fragment of Painted Stucco Relief of Mans Hand holding Corner of Robe and Jewel {^). subject suggests a close analogy with the Ladies in Blue described below, one of whom is depicted as fingering a necklace of round beads. Probably Small as it is, this fragment gives a key to a figure group of life size— from forming part perhaps of an extensive frieze—that had adorned some upper Columnar chamber in the immediate neighbourhood of the Central Palace Shrine. HallabovePillarCiypts. From the position indeed in which it lay it may well have found a place inthe Columnar Hall above the Pillar Crypts, to which the large columnbases belonged that have been illustrated above.^ The exquisite finish ofthis work is unsurpassed by any Minoan painted relief of which remainshave been preserved, and the careful rendering of the smallest de
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