Ball, W. W. Rouse (Walter William Rouse), 1850-1925 · London, Macmillan · leaf 209
for thinking that, when traversedas a religious exercise, a pater or ave had to be repeated atevery turning. After the Renaissance, such labyrinths werefrequently termed Troy-Towns or Julians Bowers. Some ofthe best specimens, which are still extant, or were so untilrecently, are those at Rockliff… … Maze at nA7«ipT0N Court. The modern maze seems to have been introduced—probablyfrom Italy—during the Renaissance, and many of the palacesand large houses built in England during the Tudor and theStuart periods had labyrinths attached to them. Thoseadjoining the royal palaces at Southwark,…
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