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

Matthews, William Henry, 1882- · London, New York, etc. Longmans, Green · leaf 115

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n question is of anoctagonal pattern resembling that of the St. Quentin 61 labyrinth, and represents the pavement-labyrinth that for-merly existed in the now ruined cathedral, not, of course,a system of subterranean passages, as the correspondentevidently inferred. It was about 34^ ft. in diameter… … Fig. 53.—Labyrinth in Sens Cathedral. (Gailhabaud.) A labyrinth of rather striking design (Fig. 54) wasformerly in the pavement of the old Abbey of St. Bertin,an edifice which has long been a picturesque ruin, in thelower part of the town of St. Omer. A description of itwas first published nearly a…

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