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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 170

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ofhigh hedges the pattern would be invisible, except from106 a superior eminence, and they would afford but a poorsort of entertainment to the visitor, who would havenothing to do but to follow the path until he came to afull stop, and then retrace his steps. Nevertheless thereis no doubt that some… … Fig. 79.—Maze Design by Adam Islip, 1602. in all the earlier designs, whether circular or square, invery close agreement with the classic model, but in laterdesigns monotony was avoided by means of some ingen-ious modifications. One of the earliest of these is shownin Fig. 79, which is copied from…

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