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The Page 217 fabric of the houses was generally of sun-dried brick, reared upon lower walls of stone; some of the Knossian villas, however, were plastered and timbered, the round beam-ends showing in the frontage.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James

But male dignity required more lofty sitting accommodation; the seat of the throne of Minos is nearly 23 inches high, and the spectators of the Knossian theatre cannot have been all women.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James

Some of the Knossian plaques show houses of three and four storeys, with windows filled in with a red material which, as Dr. Evans suggests, may have been oiled and tinted parchment.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James

He then mentions the Knossian cup "with writing inscribed on it apparently in pen and ink … The conclusion is that ordinary writing was in use, but that the materials, probably palm leaves, have disappeared."

From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew