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474 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
one projecting beyond the others, form a triple bastion, while a fourth fenced
squarely round may be looked on as the inner keep. Below, six ribbed bars
Fig. 338. Left-hand upper corner of Royal Draught-board.
of crystal backed by silver plates, alternating with five of gold-plated ivory,1
separate what we may regard as the ' citadel' from another enclosure, with
a broad ' bastion ' in front and two wings, the flat ivory plaques of which
1 The crystal bars are flat, the ivory are rounded above. The ivory bars were still largely
covered with their thin gold plating.
one projecting beyond the others, form a triple bastion, while a fourth fenced
squarely round may be looked on as the inner keep. Below, six ribbed bars
Fig. 338. Left-hand upper corner of Royal Draught-board.
of crystal backed by silver plates, alternating with five of gold-plated ivory,1
separate what we may regard as the ' citadel' from another enclosure, with
a broad ' bastion ' in front and two wings, the flat ivory plaques of which
1 The crystal bars are flat, the ivory are rounded above. The ivory bars were still largely
covered with their thin gold plating.