The Palace of Minos A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- ERRATA
- 68 ‘NORTH-WEST INSULA’ NORTH OF CENTRAL COURT, WITH RAMP PASSAGE FROM N.W. PORTICO AND LUSTRAL AREA: BASEMENT CHAMBERS ABOVE EARLY KEEP
- 69 DISCOVERY OF ‘SPIRAL CEILING’ AND ‘MINIATURE FRESCOES’ DERIVED FROM CORNER SANCTUARY–DATE AND COMPARATIVE MATERIALS; EMBROIDERED DESIGNS ON HOLY ROBE
- 70 THE MINIATURE FRESCOES: 1, THE TEMPLE AND GRAND STANDS
- 71 THE MINIATURE FRESCOES: 2, SACRED GROVE AND DANCE
- 72 THE MINIATURE FRESCOES: 3, FRAGMENTS OF SIEGE SCENES AND ANALOGIES SUPPLIED BY THE MEGARON FRIEZE AND SILVER ‘RHYTON’ OF MYCENAE: EGYPTIAN PARALLELS
- 73 MINIATURE PAINTING ON CRYSTAL: ‘PAINTING’ IN METAL-WORK–ENGRAILED DESIGNS ON THE BLADES OF WEAPONS
- 74 PICTORIAL RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS ON SIGNET-RINGS, REFLECTING MINIATURE STYLE: THE ‘RING OF NESTOR’–GLIMPSE OF MINOAN AFTER-WORLD
- 75 UPPER PORTICOES OF N. ENTRANCE PASSAGE AND THEIR PAINTED RELIEFS OF BULL-HUNTING SCENES: COMPARED WITH THOSE OF VAPHEIO CUPS
- 76 PARALLELS SUPPLIED BY BULL-RELIEFS IN ELGIN COLLECTION FROM THE ‘ATREUS’ TOMB AT MYCENAE
- 77 THE TAUREADOR FRESCOES
- 78 THE EAST POSTERN AND BASTION: RUNNELS WITH PARABOLIC CURVES–CHRONOLOGICAL PLACE OF THAT BY EAST STEPS OF ‘THEATRAL AREA’
- 79 ADVANCED MINOAN WATER-SYSTEM; PIPES AND CONDUITS; FOUNTAIN OF FRESCO; CYLINDER-BUILT WELL WITH MINOAN SIGNS AND MELIAN PARALLEL; SUMERIAN COMPARISONS
- 80 ‘EAST CORRIDOR’, LINKING EAST BASTION AND STEPWAY WITH ‘DOMESTIC QUARTER’: NEWLY DISCOVERED ‘EAST PORTICO’ AND LATER ‘EAST STAIRS’
- 81 FURTHER RECONSTITUTION OF THE ‘DOMESTIC QUARTER’; GENERAL VIEW OF THE UPPER STORY SYSTEM
- 82 GRAND STAIRCASE AND LOGGIA AS FURTHER RESTORED; ‘SHIELD FRESCO’ AND ITS DERIVATIVES–MILITARY AND RELIGIOUS IMPORT
- 83 ‘HALL OF THE DOUBLE AXES’ AS RECONSTITUTED
- 84 THE ‘QUEEN'S MEGARON’ AS RECONSTITUTED
- 85 EAST TREASURY (LATER, ARCHIVES) AND DERIVATIVE RELICS: BONE FISH WITH ALPHABETIFORM SIGNS
- 86 FURTHER RELICS DERIVED FROM EAST TREASURY: SPHINXES, MINOAN AND HITTITE, AND LEAPING YOUTHS OF IVORY DEPOSIT
- 87 CHRYSELEPHANTINE FIGURINES OF ‘BOSTON GODDESS’ AND BOY-GOD CONNECTED WITH IVORY DEPOSIT: THE MOTHER GODDESS AND CHILD
- 88 GREAT ‘EAST HALL’ RESUSCITATED
- 89 THE PAINTED HIGH RELIEFS FROM EAST HALL; AND BRONZE LOCKS OF HAIR FROM GIGANTESQUE FEMALE IMAGE
- SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
73 - MINIATURE PAINTING ON CRYSTAL: ‘PAINTING’ IN METAL-WORK–ENGRAILED DESIGNS ON THE BLADES OF WEAPONS
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- ERRATA
- 68 ‘NORTH-WEST INSULA’ NORTH OF CENTRAL COURT, WITH RAMP PASSAGE FROM N.W. PORTICO AND LUSTRAL AREA: BASEMENT CHAMBERS ABOVE EARLY KEEP
- 69 DISCOVERY OF ‘SPIRAL CEILING’ AND ‘MINIATURE FRESCOES’ DERIVED FROM CORNER SANCTUARY–DATE AND COMPARATIVE MATERIALS; EMBROIDERED DESIGNS ON HOLY ROBE
- 70 THE MINIATURE FRESCOES: 1, THE TEMPLE AND GRAND STANDS
- 71 THE MINIATURE FRESCOES: 2, SACRED GROVE AND DANCE
- 72 THE MINIATURE FRESCOES: 3, FRAGMENTS OF SIEGE SCENES AND ANALOGIES SUPPLIED BY THE MEGARON FRIEZE AND SILVER ‘RHYTON’ OF MYCENAE: EGYPTIAN PARALLELS
- 73 MINIATURE PAINTING ON CRYSTAL: ‘PAINTING’ IN METAL-WORK–ENGRAILED DESIGNS ON THE BLADES OF WEAPONS
- 74 PICTORIAL RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS ON SIGNET-RINGS, REFLECTING MINIATURE STYLE: THE ‘RING OF NESTOR’–GLIMPSE OF MINOAN AFTER-WORLD
- 75 UPPER PORTICOES OF N. ENTRANCE PASSAGE AND THEIR PAINTED RELIEFS OF BULL-HUNTING SCENES: COMPARED WITH THOSE OF VAPHEIO CUPS
- 76 PARALLELS SUPPLIED BY BULL-RELIEFS IN ELGIN COLLECTION FROM THE ‘ATREUS’ TOMB AT MYCENAE
- 77 THE TAUREADOR FRESCOES
- 78 THE EAST POSTERN AND BASTION: RUNNELS WITH PARABOLIC CURVES–CHRONOLOGICAL PLACE OF THAT BY EAST STEPS OF ‘THEATRAL AREA’
- 79 ADVANCED MINOAN WATER-SYSTEM; PIPES AND CONDUITS; FOUNTAIN OF FRESCO; CYLINDER-BUILT WELL WITH MINOAN SIGNS AND MELIAN PARALLEL; SUMERIAN COMPARISONS
- 80 ‘EAST CORRIDOR’, LINKING EAST BASTION AND STEPWAY WITH ‘DOMESTIC QUARTER’: NEWLY DISCOVERED ‘EAST PORTICO’ AND LATER ‘EAST STAIRS’
- 81 FURTHER RECONSTITUTION OF THE ‘DOMESTIC QUARTER’; GENERAL VIEW OF THE UPPER STORY SYSTEM
- 82 GRAND STAIRCASE AND LOGGIA AS FURTHER RESTORED; ‘SHIELD FRESCO’ AND ITS DERIVATIVES–MILITARY AND RELIGIOUS IMPORT
- 83 ‘HALL OF THE DOUBLE AXES’ AS RECONSTITUTED
- 84 THE ‘QUEEN'S MEGARON’ AS RECONSTITUTED
- 85 EAST TREASURY (LATER, ARCHIVES) AND DERIVATIVE RELICS: BONE FISH WITH ALPHABETIFORM SIGNS
- 86 FURTHER RELICS DERIVED FROM EAST TREASURY: SPHINXES, MINOAN AND HITTITE, AND LEAPING YOUTHS OF IVORY DEPOSIT
- 87 CHRYSELEPHANTINE FIGURINES OF ‘BOSTON GODDESS’ AND BOY-GOD CONNECTED WITH IVORY DEPOSIT: THE MOTHER GODDESS AND CHILD
- 88 GREAT ‘EAST HALL’ RESUSCITATED
- 89 THE PAINTED HIGH RELIEFS FROM EAST HALL; AND BRONZE LOCKS OF HAIR FROM GIGANTESQUE FEMALE IMAGE
- SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
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- The Palace of MinosA Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos, pp. 107 - 133Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1930