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The palaces of Crete and their builders (1907)

Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 157

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ople in that thestones of which a palace was built, however carefully they werecut and joined with mortar, were never left with the surface ex-posed but always faced with plaster and coloured, and they appearto have differed little in the front or side view from our mediaevalItalian houses. There… … THE CRAFTSMEN OF M/IVOS 149 represented does not correspond with the actual building. Nearlyall the houses have two storeys and in their colour must have hada certain resemblance to the villas of the Ligurian Riviera, beingdecorated with red or white bands on a drab or blue or greenground. The…

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