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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 121

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ut beneath the organ, at the west end of the nave,is a curiously engraved slab which is worth mentioning 63 in this conne(5tion, for it represents a sort of chemin deJerusalem, though not indeed of the usual t)pe. It shows,around a large circle, mountains, rivers, towns, roads,and animals, together… … Fig. 55.—Labyrintli in Poitiers Cathedral. (Auber.) much worn when described by Wallet and has possiblybeen replaced by now. A queer type of labyrinth was formerly represented inthe Cathedral of Poitiers. It perished long ago, but forsome time subsequently there remained on the wall of thenorth…

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