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 4,2): Camp-stool Fresco, long-robed priests and beneficent genii [...] (London, 1935)

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SIMILAR 'BUDS' AT KNOSSOS AND TIRYNS

Typical it seems impossible to find a parallel elsewhere. In both cases the outer
of buds, band of the broad leaf-shaped frame, with its rounded point, is interrupted bv

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Fig. S67.

Section of Painted Stucco
Frieze : Tirvns.

what may be described as conventional 'buds', such as may be taken to
represent the ends of papyrus shoots. These 'buds', shown in Fig. S68, a, b}
are in both cases coloured yellow, with black borders and markings, and
terminate in a similar manner with a zigzag line against the blue continu-
ation of the band beyond. The correspondence thus extends to both of the
details and to the triple colour-scheme. It is not, indeed, unreasonable
to infer that we have here the work of the same hand.2

'May we, perhaps, conclude that there were at this time itinerant
artisans belonging to the same guild of decorators who executed works
indifferently for the Cretan and the Mainland lords ?

In conformity with a general law, it seems best to refer the flat versions
1 For a (from Tiryns) see Rodenwaldt', he. "- 'Phis strikingly confirms Rodenwaldts
at.\ b (from Knossos) represents the upper suggestion (see p. 875, n. 1).
band in conformity with the Tiryns example.