Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments (1922) (14597953579)

Identifier: mazeslabyrinthsg1922matt (find matches)

Title: Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments

Year: 1922 (1920s)

Authors: Matthews, William Henry, 1882-

Subjects: Labyrinths

Publisher: London, New York, etc. Longmans, Green

Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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Fig. 52. Labyrinth in Bayeux Cathedral. (Ame) the labyrinth in question show the path as crossing itselfat one point, an arrangement which is most unlikely tohave been adopted. Wallet based his description on amanuscript which, judging by the watermark in the paper,he attributed to a former English student at the collegein the vicinity.

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Fig. 54.—Labyrinth in Abbey of St. Bertin, St. Omer. (Wallet.) This labyrinth was apparently destroyed at about thesame time as that at Rheims, and for a similar reason. In the cathedral there is no pavement-labyrinth, al-though it may possibly have possessed one in formertimes, but beneath the organ, at the west end of the nave,is a curiously engraved slab which is worth mentioning 63 in this connection, for it represents a sort of chemin deJerusalem, though not indeed of the usual type. It shows,around a large circle, mountains, rivers, towns, roads,and animals, together with the word iIiervsalem, whilstthe interior of the circle is divided into three horizontalcompartments, in each of which are placed various ob-jects indistinguishable through wear. The slab was very

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