Manuscript·34 CDF art.17·1954–1969

Notes and drafts on Alasia IClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 17 of manuscript 34 CDF art.17 (Notes and drafts on Alasia I), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art.17, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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the diagram, fig. 90 in Enk. Alasia, I, p 244. The first course laid on the the substructure, The first course With respect to is laid on the levelling course or the substructure, the upper courses of the walls first course (and are laid with a slight setback which is strictly observed /without exception of the observed :in the architecture of all the Bronze buildings built of ashlar so far final excavated so far at Enkomi-Alasia (2). side exterior<s> external of the walls, and generally also on the side interior /internal and/ Another constant observed with no less rigour in the construction of<s> the architecture these fine buildings/ with care /is the level of the floor or of the whole surface of the of the buildings original which descends original. It Its surface below is always either at the height of a of a few centimetres lower of the offset of the setback lower than the or in relation to the level than the<s>/ in relation to the level of the setback of the first course of the wall in relation to resting on the of the walls on the substructure or /the plinth of the walls (3), or, more rarely, sometimes, sometimes<s>/ /more rarely at the same level (3). With respect to the present present surface

(1) Cf. the diagram, fig. 90 in Enk.-Al., I, p. 244 (2) Cf. Enkomi-Alasia, I, pl. XLV (2), XLVII (1 to 3), XLVIII (2), XLIX (1), L (1 and 2), LI (2) (1 and 2), LV (2), LVI (2) (3) Enkomi-Alasia, I, pl. XCI (section \III\-30\ and \II\-15\, \I\^-18\); XCII (1. Section IA, floor V, cf. p. 256); pl. XCVIII (section VI\-14\ and \V\-14\); CII (section C 24\^-32\); pl. CIII and CIV (1 and 2, floor V); pl. CVI XCVII (section III)\^-12\

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