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)

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Portico

system.

tinuously separated
it from the contem-
North-West
and entrance
Only at its
Southern end, where
the terrace was only
two and a half metres
above the pavement
of the ramp, there is
a well-defined gap in
the masonry through
which a double flight
of twelve steps would
have reached the up-
per level. What seems
to be part of a base
slab of the lowest step
is actually in position.
Except for the
stepped access from
the roadway, this
Western terrace thus
formed an enclosed
stoa or elongated log-
gia. It will be seen
that the positions oc-
cupied originally by
the upright baulks
alonsf the face of the
supporting wall above
the roadway suggest
a division of the gal-
lery into three almost
equal sections (Figs.
106, 114). Grouping
the baulks with the
two outer sections, the
firstof which isbroken
by the flight of steps,
we obtain, indeed,
the following espace-

Fig. 109 b. Part of Flowering Olive-tree from S
of W. Portico : Northern Entrance Passage.

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