Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Band 3): The great transitional age in the northern and eastern sections of the Palace (London, 1930)

POSITION OF MINIATURE FRESCOES ON WALLS 45

In a small structure, such as is here presupposed, it is better to take
the suggestion supplied by this private house rather than the analogies of
palatial corridors and halls, and we may well conclude that Miniature fresco
bands, which were probably of about the same width as the panels of the
' House of the Frescoes', started from the same height of 70 or 80 cm.,
and would in that case have been admirably set on the line of vision.

this house with the double-axe vases (ibid., beam) was set only 61 cm. above the pave-
p. 43s seqq.) a decorative band (superposed ment.
ori a painted imitation of a narrow horizontal

Fig. 27. Restoration of Painted Relief from Fresco Heap of
N. Threshing-Floor Area, Knossos (c, \).