The palace of Minos; a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos
Title:
The palace of Minos; a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos
Author:
Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941.
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Physical Description:
4 volumes in 6 : color frontispieces, illustrations, plates (part. color, part folded) portrait, maps (part folded) plans (part folded) facsimiles ; 26 cm
General Note:
--vol. IV. pt. I. Emergence of outer western enceinte, with new illustrations, artistic and religious, of the middle Minoan phase: chryselephantine 'lady of sports, ' 'snake room' and full story of the cult: late Minoan ceramic evolution and 'palace style.' pt. II. 'Camp-stool' fresco--long-robed priests and beneficient genii; chryselephantine boy-god and ritual hair-offering; intaglio types, M.M. III-L.M. II; late hoards of sealings; deposits of inscribed tablets and the palace stores; linear script B and its mainland extension; closing palatial phase--'room of throne'--and final catastrophe with epilogue on the discovery of 'ring of Minos' and 'temple tomb.'
Language:
English
Contents:
vol. I. The neolithic and early and middle Minoan ages.--vol. II. pt. I. Fresh lights on origins and external relations: the restoration in town and palace after seismic catastrophe towards close of M.M. III, and the beginnings of the new era. pt. II. Town-houses in Knossos of the new era and restored west palace section, with its state approach.--vol. III. The great transitional age in the northern and eastern sections of the palace: the most brilliant records of Minoan art and the evidences of an advanced religion.
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