. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . <^ b c d Fig. 529. Bats and Eyed Butterflies Wings on Seal Types {a-c. Zakro, d. Knossos) (f). butterflies wings is already clear, though the scrolls themselves depictstellate flowers on curving stalks. In other frequent cases terminal circlesformed by these twin scrolls are converted into womens breasts. Often,too, lotus or papyrus tufts turned upside down call up the idea of birdstails, or are impressed into the design as wings. That some o
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . <^ b c d Fig. 529. Bats and Eyed Butterflies Wings on Seal Types {a-c. Zakro, d. Knossos) (f). butterflies wings is already clear, though the scrolls themselves depictstellate flowers on curving stalks. In other frequent cases terminal circlesformed by these twin scrolls are converted into womens breasts. Often,too, lotus or papyrus tufts turned upside down call up the idea of birdstails, or are impressed into the design as wings. That some of the wings represented are those of bats is made probable Bats andby the curious design of the hindquarters of an animal seen in Fig. 529, a. fliesMore frequent are those of a butterfly with eyed and strongly cusped wings, plays a prominent part in the Minoan repertory of this and thesucceeding Periods, and may well have had a religious significance. Ittakes a conventional and generalized form, but seems to^be for the mostI z z , 7o6 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC, WingedSymbolon M. PrismSeal. Wings ofBirds.
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