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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in a complicated system of spirals and rosettes with reserved petals, the
whole on a buff ground. One variety shows a decorative outgrowth of the
spotted ox-hide, together with a representation of the painted central boss.

Fig. 199. Part of Large Amphora in 'Palace Style' showing Shields and Spirals
with Rosettes. (From West Front of Palace, Knossos.)

Another shield-type depicted is that completed to the right of the fragment.
It will be seen that in this case the ends of the boss contained within the
two lobes of the shield run into an arched ornament, giving them, in each
case, somewhat the appearance of an anchor. The origin of this canopy
is of considerable interest, since it has been clearly due to the suggestion of
the triple curves of dashes, which in the fresco design mark the outline of
the more bulging part of the shield. It is a reminiscence, at second hand,
of the plastic original, of the same kind as that already noted in Fig. 196.
But the impression produced by the magnificent display of the ' Shield