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xii THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
proofs of this Volume. Useful suggestions regarding the Minoan ' rodeo' have
been clue to my friend Professor Baldwin Brown. On the other hand,
I have suffered an irreparable loss by the untimely death of Dr. Stephanos
Xarithudides, who did so much to illustrate the pre-history of his native
Island, whose generous help was always forthcoming, and to whom I had
been constantly indebted in the earlier Volumes of this work.
To Monsieur E. Gillieron, fils, I am again greatly beholden for many
fine drawings, including those illustrative of the technical processes made
use of by the Minoan artists in inlaid metal-work. To his recent labours
has been also due the restoration in the Palace itself of the ' Shield Fresco '
on the Staircase Lobby and of the actual shields themselves in the great Hall
below. Mr. Piet de Jong, the Architect of the British School at Athens, who
has carried out, under my direction, the recent work of reconstitution in the
Northern and Eastern Sections of the building, has executed a series of
restored plans and elevations, notably of the elegant structures above the
Northern Lustral Basin, of the Northern Entrance, with the porticoes above
on either side, and of the Eastern Bastion, with its remarkable water-
system. With the new facilities supplied by the use of ferro-concrete he has
completed the work of roofing over the lower Halls and subsidiary structures
of the ' Domestic Quarter' by the restoration of the upper floor, and in the
case of the Grand Staircase this work of reconstitution has reached the
fourth landing and adjacent lobby. For all these later undertakings the.
immense task- already accomplished in this area by Mr. Christian Doll
happily afforded a secure basis, and his meticulously accurate measurements
have stood all tests.
As a result of these extensive works of conservation and resuscitation
not only has a great part of the history of this part of the building been
set forth in a permanent manner, but the progressive disintegration of
gypsum surfaces from the effects of exposure to the heavy Cretan rainfall
has been radically checked throughout a considerable area. It is with special
satisfaction that I am able to record that the strength and stability ensured
to the reconstituted structures by the use of this new method has enabled
them to resist with complete success the fresh severe shock of earthquake
that took place in February of this year.
ARTHUR EVANS.
Youlbury, Berks., near Oxford,
March 20, 1930.
proofs of this Volume. Useful suggestions regarding the Minoan ' rodeo' have
been clue to my friend Professor Baldwin Brown. On the other hand,
I have suffered an irreparable loss by the untimely death of Dr. Stephanos
Xarithudides, who did so much to illustrate the pre-history of his native
Island, whose generous help was always forthcoming, and to whom I had
been constantly indebted in the earlier Volumes of this work.
To Monsieur E. Gillieron, fils, I am again greatly beholden for many
fine drawings, including those illustrative of the technical processes made
use of by the Minoan artists in inlaid metal-work. To his recent labours
has been also due the restoration in the Palace itself of the ' Shield Fresco '
on the Staircase Lobby and of the actual shields themselves in the great Hall
below. Mr. Piet de Jong, the Architect of the British School at Athens, who
has carried out, under my direction, the recent work of reconstitution in the
Northern and Eastern Sections of the building, has executed a series of
restored plans and elevations, notably of the elegant structures above the
Northern Lustral Basin, of the Northern Entrance, with the porticoes above
on either side, and of the Eastern Bastion, with its remarkable water-
system. With the new facilities supplied by the use of ferro-concrete he has
completed the work of roofing over the lower Halls and subsidiary structures
of the ' Domestic Quarter' by the restoration of the upper floor, and in the
case of the Grand Staircase this work of reconstitution has reached the
fourth landing and adjacent lobby. For all these later undertakings the.
immense task- already accomplished in this area by Mr. Christian Doll
happily afforded a secure basis, and his meticulously accurate measurements
have stood all tests.
As a result of these extensive works of conservation and resuscitation
not only has a great part of the history of this part of the building been
set forth in a permanent manner, but the progressive disintegration of
gypsum surfaces from the effects of exposure to the heavy Cretan rainfall
has been radically checked throughout a considerable area. It is with special
satisfaction that I am able to record that the strength and stability ensured
to the reconstituted structures by the use of this new method has enabled
them to resist with complete success the fresh severe shock of earthquake
that took place in February of this year.
ARTHUR EVANS.
Youlbury, Berks., near Oxford,
March 20, 1930.