Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 148
ass pots in which thewomen of Subiaco or Otricoli carry water on their heads ; thehandles, too, are the same ; in it are crocus flowers growingand a mans hand is in the act of gathering them. No ow^will now assert what philologists once believed—/.f., that thePhoenicians brought saffron to the… … I40 PALACES OF CRETE AND THEIR BUILDERS now taste has altered and we only use it in risotto. I recall thelines of Virgil on the crocus and purple, the two colours most invogue. I On some bronze Mycenaean vases we find an incised designof crocus flowers which resemble the flowers of the…
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