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

Matthews, William Henry, 1882- · London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.E.4 · leaf 106

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rchto ornament their pavement. Such pavement-labyrinths,however, with or without central figures or other embel-lishments, and of various dimensions and composition,are found in many of the old churches of France andItaly. They seem to have been constru6led chiefly duringthe twelfth century, and… … Fig. 43-—Labyrinth in Lucca CathedraL (Durand.) are formed on the walls instead of the pavements, and insuch cases are of smaller dimensions. On the whole, too, those in the Italian churches aremuch smaller than the French specimens. On the wall ofLucca Cathedral (Fig. 43) is one of a diameter of…

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