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 (Index) (London, 1936)

VAPHEIO [217] VIS ALA

' Vapheio' type of cup, date of, n. 175

Vegetable ornament, Minoan, see Crocus,

-----------in pottery, 11. 175

Dittany, Flowers, Foliate, Iris, Mimosa,

—-------in stone, 11. 380

Olive, Plants, Reeds, Rose, Saffron, Trees,

-----------on Tablet in Linear Script B, 11. 420,

Tulip, Violet, &c.

533

Vegetation, symbols of on talismanic bead-seals,

-----------on wall-paintings of tombs of Senmut

iv. 448, 449

and User-amon, 11. 534, in. 178

Vehicles, wheeled, Chaldaean origin of, iv.

-----------and see Amyklae

807, 809

Vari, Africa, lapis lazuli cylinder from, iv. 409

-------Egyptian, iv. 808

Vases, see Alabaster, Amethystine Spar, Breccia,

-------Minoan, n. 154, iv. 807, 808

Bronze, Calcite, Faience, Gold, Lapis

-------and see Cart, Chariot

lacedaemonius, Limestone, Marble, Pot-

Velchanos, cult of at Hagia Triada, Phaestos,

tery, Silver, Steatite, Stone

11. 843

— borne by Minoan tributaries on wall-paint-

Velia, lion and bull on didrachms of, iv. 539

ings of tombs at Thebes, 11. 116, 166, 178,

Venetians, fortification of Candia by, 11. 231

207, 226, 425, 535, 647-51, 727, 728, 736-

Venice, Palazzo Grassi, wall-paintings by Pietro

48, in. 178, iv. 44, 262, 266, 269, 329, 464,

Lunghi in, in. 56

653. 729 n- 3. 753. 880, 882

Ventilation, Minoan expedients for, in. 340

— portrayed on vase tablets from Tricolum-

Vertical handles, 1. 60, 61

nar Hall at Knossos, iv. 730-2

Vessel, see Vase

-------on Procession Fresco from Knossos, 11.

Vesta, House of, n. 39, 131, 132

725

— Temple of, n. 131

-------on signet-ring from Thisbe, ill. 473, 474

Vestibules of Tombs, Egyptian, II. 37

Vasilies, village of, Minoan road near, 11. 66

— of tholos at Kumasa, n. 36

Vasiliki, 11. 83 n. 3, 253, 255

Vetches (or wild peas), on fresco from House

— E.M. II and III houses at, 1. 1, 72, 103, 107,

of the Frescoes at Knossos, n. 454, 469

209, 528, 11. 21, 353

— on pottery, M.M. Ill, 1. 605, n. 469

— pottery from, clay of, II. 255

-------L.M. la, 1. 605, 11. 471, 619

-------E.M. 1,1. 60

Vezu Djami, at Candia, destroyed in earth-

-------E.M. II, 1. 77-9, iv. 363

quake of a.d. 1856, 11. 314

-------E.M. Ill, 1. 107

Viano, breccia from vicinity of, iv. 234 n. 4

-------M.M. I, 1. 186, 193

Victoria Nyanza, Lake, canoes on, n. 241 n. 1

-------M.M. Ill, 11. 305 n. 3

Villafrati, clay figures of Aegean type from,

Vasitch, Prof. M. M., on use of cowries as orna-

1. 21 n. 2

ment in Danube Valley, iv. 109 n. 7

Villanova, Early Iron Age urns from, n. 429,

Vatheia, haematite bead-seal from, iv. 413, 925

iv. 637

Vathianos stream, 11. 279

Vine associated with Goddess, iv. 628

Vats, stone, at Knossos, under Tricolumnar

Violet, on Mount Ida and Nida basin, n. 464 n. 2

Hall, 11. 820

— yellow, on fresco from Hagia Triada, 11. 464

-----------in Long Gallery, iv. 631

Virey, Monsieur, on wall-painting of tomb of

-----------in Pillar Crypt of Royal Villa, 11. 525

Men-kheper'ra-senb, n. 535 n. 3

n. 2

Virgil cited, I. 70, II. 483 n. 3, in. 284

-----------in Pillar Crypt of Little Palace, n. 525

Virgin, medieval worship of, n. 277

-------at Niru Khani, 11. 234

— Hymn to, H. 252

Vaulting, Maltese, at Hal-Saflieni, 11. 182

— Mother, Anatolian and Libyan worship of,

— Minoan, of keel-vaulted tomb at Isopata,

11. 48

11. 44, iv. 771

Visala, 11. 71

— Minoan keel-vaulted tombs at Minet-el-Beida

— Minoan road by, n. 71, 73

and Ras Shamra, iv. 771

-------remains at, n. 68, 72

— Sumerian, of Queen's Tomb at Ur, in. 260

-------pottery from, n. 71, 166