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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RESTORED VIEW OF BATH-ROOM

Artificial
lighting
neces-
sary.

The little room itself was lighted only through the opening in the
balustrade on its Eastern side, by means of borrowed light from the 'Megaron'
beyond. We must also suppose that some kind of curtain could, when

Fig. 255. Restored View of Bath-room with L. M. II Bath within.

necessary, be drawn across the opening. It may be inferred that it was
illumined when in use by one or more of the pedestalled stone lamps, of
which so many remains were found in the Palace, and one of these—the
' lotus' lamp illustrated abovex—has accordingly been placed on the coping
of the side balustrade.

1 See above, p. 27, Fig. 14, a, 1 and 2.