Main entry:

Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941.

Title & Author:

The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos / by Sir Arthur Evans.

Publication:

London : Macmillan, 1921-1936.

Description:

5 v. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 26 cm.

Notes:
Includes index volume.
Vols. 2 & 4 issued in 2 parts.
Index v. 5 by Joan Evans.
Folded plans in pocket (v. 2, pt. 2, v. 3, v. 4, pt. 1-2).
Includes bibliographical references.
Vol. 1. The neolithic and early and middle Minoan Ages -- v. 2, pt. 1. Fresh lights on origins and external relations: the restoration in town and palace after seismic catastrophe towards close of M.M. III, and the beginnings of the new era -- v. 2, pt. II. Town-houses in Knossos of the new era and restored west palace section, with its state approach -- v. 3. The great transitional age in the northern and eastern sections of the palace: the most brillant records of Minoan art and the evidences of an advanced religion -- v. 4, pt. 1. Emergence of outer western enceinte, with new illustrations, artistic and religious, of the middle Minoan phase: chryselephantine 'lady of sports', 'snake room' and full story of the cult: late Minoan ceramic evolution and 'Palace style' -- v. 4, pt. 2. "Camp-stool' fresco, long-robed priests and beneficent genii; Chryselephantine boy-god and ritual hair-offering; intaglio types, M.N. III-L.M. II; late hoards of sealings; deposits of inscribed tablets and the palace stores; linear script B and its mainland extension; closing palatial phase, 'room of throne' and final catastrophe with epilogue on the discovery of 'Ring of Minos' and 'Temple tomb' -- [v. 5]. Index.

Subject:

Antiquities.
Knossos (Extinct city)
Crete (Greece) Antiquities.
Cnossos (Ville ancienne)
Crète (Grèce) Antiquités.
Greece Crete.
Greece Knossos (Extinct city)

Added entries:

Evans, Joan, 1893-1977.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 79990
Call No.: DF221.C8 E73 1921
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 79991
Call No.: DF221.C8 E73 1921
Copy: v. 2, pt. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 79992
Call No.: DF221.C8 E73 1921
Copy: v. 2, pt. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 79993
Call No.: DF221.C8 E73 1921
Copy: v. 3
Status: Available

Location: Library main 79994
Call No.: DF221.C8 E73 1921
Copy: v. 4, pt. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 224962
Call No.: DF221.C8 E73 1921
Copy: v. 4, pt. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 224963
Call No.: DF221.C8 E73 1921
Copy: v. 5
Status: Available