Abstract
Two-dimensional representations of details of Minoan architecture occur with some frequency on Minoan wall paintings, steatite rhyton fragments, etc., but their interpretation in three-dimensional terms often offers considerable difficulty.' Particularly puzzling, and consequently much discussed, is a feature commonly described as a rectangular capital mounted on a shaft (column or pillar). The shaft usually has a distinct upward taper, and either the same shaft or another similar one may continue above the capital, either from directly above it or with at most a low transitional block between.2 Evans' so-called Grandstand Fresco restores the
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