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The palaces of Crete and their builders (1907)

Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 68

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type, as the constructionof the arch and of the vault was still unknown ; nevertheless, thenumber of these loggias excites our astonishment. Descending Dr. Pcrnier counted each of these marks thirty or forty times on theblocks of the palace of Phajstos. THE PALACE OF PHyESTOS 63 from the upper… … 20 ?S mefri FIG. 23.—A PRIVATE APARTMENT IX THE PALACE OF PH^STOS. The pavement is in good preservation, also the slabs ofalabaster with which the walls are panelled. This room waslighted from a small interior court, which was open to the sky.A few steps further down another portico is reached,…

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