The palaces of Crete and their builders (1907) (14759398346)

Identifier: palacesofcreteth00moss (find matches)
Title: The palaces of Crete and their builders
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910
Subjects: Palaces
Publisher: London, Unwin
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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FIG. 143.—COPPER LEBES OR CAULDRON IX THE MUSEUMAT CAXDIA. hand corner, near the door, were found knives, razors, andfragments of a casket inlaid with ivory. As early as the Neolithic period large spoons or ladles madeof terracotta were used, probably only as ladles. One o( thesame kind is marked d in Fig. 144. Diam. 27 cm., depth 12 cm. The chemical analysis shows 98*212 percent, of copper, mixed with iron, lead, and sulphur. Zinc and tin are absent.I do not know whether the material of the vessels found by Evans in a tombat Knossos (Fig. 144.) has been analysed. Evans states that they are ofbronze. - A. Evans, The Prehistoric Tombs of Knossos, from Archaolog-^,vol. lix. COOKERY IN POETRY AND REAL LIFE 299 VII. It would take too long to enumerate all the forms of saucepanused in the Minoan kitchen. Even a hasty examination showedme that there were a good many kinds of perforated receptaclefor straining or filtering. At present we use hardly any such,
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FIG. 144.—BKOXZE VESSELS FOUND IX A TOMB AT KXOSSOS BY DR. EVAXS. except skimming spoons, frying baskets, soup and tea strainers.Tea and coffee being unknown in the Minoan age, infusionsof salvia and other plants were made, to be drunk with honey.Perforated vessels were also used for straining the whey from thecurd before making cheese or clotted milk. For carrying \ \ 300 PALACES OF CRETE AND THEIR BUILDERS charcoal from one fireplace to another braziers of terracottawere employed (Fig. 145^). The border of the brazier isturned over near the handle, so as to protect the hand from theglowing heat of the charcoal. Some of these, found in tombs,still held the remains of charcoal and ashes. Figure 145/^ shows