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LINKED VOLUTES OF EARLY 'TENDRIL' PATT

plate.

Che Early Minoan seal-types, Fio- 255 a b r rl , w
Fig, 256, from the Fifth Shaft <&%%&£ ^

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the embossed
tly illustrate the tradi-

a b

Fig. 25-1. Linked Whorl-shells in Later Stages of Evolution : Knossos.

tion that influenced the decorative grouping of these conventional whorl-shell
types. In Fig. 254, a, b, we see the mouth and apex of the shell alternately

a b

Fig. 255. a-c, S-scroll and Tendril Pattern on Minoan Seals ;
d, on Gold Plate, Mycenae.

linked. In other cases, as on the slightly later stirrup-vase (L M. II a),
Fig. 254, c, the two conventional whorls start from the same mou J-

bT1 ' •' c -ii from the site of Knossos, illustiating

The above specimens, all nom m^
 
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