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A. J. Evans
Italian Mission at Hagia Triada.1 A window of this width would have
served to light the flights to right and left as well as the central staircase.
Of the two heads of this flight, which both run up North, that on the
East side had largely collapsed, only the first and the last three steps out
of the original nine remaining in their places. The remaining fragments
Entrance to Pillar R. Door-jambs of Upper Hall.
4' ^ >Jr v" ' V 4*
t f
Landing-Blocks with Dowel-Holes.
Fig. 86.—Staircask witA two Heads; Royal Villa.
were as far as possible recovered from the debris into which they had
subsided and the whole flight restored in its original position.'2 A peculiar
1 Dr. Mackenzie to whom this observation is due observes : ' the sides of the II. Triada
w indow are so well preserved that it is quite clear that the window was as wide as the stair and the
stair antac taken together. The window in that case had to light not only the stair but a corridor
on either side.'
- The dimensions of these steps are the same as the others, except that the tread was slightly
higher to make nine steps (including the threshold) correspond with ten in the companion flight to
the West. •
A. J. Evans
Italian Mission at Hagia Triada.1 A window of this width would have
served to light the flights to right and left as well as the central staircase.
Of the two heads of this flight, which both run up North, that on the
East side had largely collapsed, only the first and the last three steps out
of the original nine remaining in their places. The remaining fragments
Entrance to Pillar R. Door-jambs of Upper Hall.
4' ^ >Jr v" ' V 4*
t f
Landing-Blocks with Dowel-Holes.
Fig. 86.—Staircask witA two Heads; Royal Villa.
were as far as possible recovered from the debris into which they had
subsided and the whole flight restored in its original position.'2 A peculiar
1 Dr. Mackenzie to whom this observation is due observes : ' the sides of the II. Triada
w indow are so well preserved that it is quite clear that the window was as wide as the stair and the
stair antac taken together. The window in that case had to light not only the stair but a corridor
on either side.'
- The dimensions of these steps are the same as the others, except that the tread was slightly
higher to make nine steps (including the threshold) correspond with ten in the companion flight to
the West. •