The palace of Minos

a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos

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The palace of Minos

a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos

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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

--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.'

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Library of Congress
DF221.C8 E75

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Pagination
4 v. in 6.

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OL6642850M
Internet Archive
cu31924081667846
LCCN
22006622
OCLC/WorldCat
3536093

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