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The palaces of Crete and their builders (1907)

Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 224

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FIG. 95^1.—BULL-GRAPPLIXG OXTHE SEAL OF A BRACELETFOUXD BY DR. EVAXS. BULL-GRAPPLING 215 and facing the furious animal, they take her by the horns andallow themselves to be carried on, turn aside the cow which triesto gore them with her horns, and spring upon her back or jumpover her, while the… … FIG. 95/?.—BULL-GRAPPLIXG ON THE INTAGLIO OF A KIXGIN THE MUSEUM AT ATHENS. called it. In Fig. 98, a seal found in Crete, we see one of thegigantic bulls used in the taurokathapsia. The anatomy of thisbull is worked out with great perfection, although it is an intaglioin hard stone. The Italian…

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