Chapter I. Introduction : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 1 MAZES AND LABYRINTHS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A DELIGHTFUL air of romance and mystery surrounds the whole subject of Labyrinths and Mazes. The hedge-maze, which is the only type with which most of us have a first-hand acquaintance, is...
Preface : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. vii PREFACE ADVANTAGES out of all proportion to the importance of the immediate aim in view are apt to accrue whenever an honest endeavour is made to find an answer to one of those awkward questions which are constantly arising...
Chapter Xv. The Topiary Labyrinth, Or Hedge Maze : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 128 CHAPTER XV THE TOPIARY LABYRINTH, OR HEDGE MAZE ("CONTINUED") THE Hampton Court maze (Fig. 110) was constructed in 1690 and in all probability displaced an older maze, a relic of Wolsey's time. The maze is situated close to the Bushy Park...
Chapter Xxii. The Labyrinth In Literature : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 193 CHAPTER XXII THE LABYRINTH IN LITERATURE THE romantic and mysterious flavour of the words "maze" and "labyrinth" has induced many a writer of fiction to adopt one or the other as the theme of a story, or as the setting of some...
Chapter Xvi. The Topiary Labyrinth, Or Hedge Maze : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 137 CHAPTER XVI THE TOPIARY LABYRINTH, OR HEDGE MAZE (CONTINUED) "Latter-day Developments" TOWARDS the end of the eighteenth century the taste for mazes in private gardens had to some extent declined, but as an adjunct to places of public...
Chapter Iii. The Egyptian Labyrinth : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 11 CHAPTER III THE EGYPTIAN LABYRINTH ("CONTINUED") (ii) "Accounts of Later Explorers" A STRUCTURE which evoked so much wonder and admiration in ancient times can hardly fail to have aroused the curiosity of later generations, but no serious...
Chapter V. The Cretan Labyrinth : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 23 CHAPTER V THE CRETAN LABYRINTH ("CONTINUED") (ii) "The Caverns of Gortyna" ACCORDING to the Romano-Greek writer Apollodorus, 1 whose "Bibliotheke" consisted of a history of the world from the fall of Troy onwards, Daedalus built...
Chapter Xx. Maze Etymology : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 170 CHAPTER XX MAZE ETYMOLOGY THE reader may be inclined to question the necessity for a whole chapter to be devoted to such a matter as this. "Surely anybody who has the curiosity to do so can look the words up in a dictionary!" Or he may...
Chapter Xiv. The Topiary Labyrinth, Or Hedge Maze : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 110 CHAPTER XIV THE TOPIARY LABYRINTH, OR HEDGE MAZE THE art of trimming hedges of evergreens is of great antiquity; probably it is almost as old as horticulture itself. The Romans made much use of the services of the "topiarius"...
Chapter Xii. The Origin Of Turf Mazes : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 92 CHAPTER XII THE ORIGIN OF TURF MAZES IN 1858--the year in which Archdeacon Trollope published the results of his researches--Capt. W. H. Mounsey drew attention to the description in a Welsh history book ("Drych y Prif Oesoedd," published...
Chapter Xxi. Labyrinth Design And Soluti : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 182 CHAPTER XXI LABYRINTH DESIGN AND SOLUTION OF MAZES THERE is no limit to the number of patterns which, without any metaphorical extension of terms, we may legitimately describe as coming within the scope of the words "maze" and "labyrinth."...
Chapter Ix. Church Labyrinths : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 54 CHAPTER IX CHURCH LABYRINTHS THE consideration of labyrinths worked in Roman mosaic pavements leads us on to a very interesting development of the subject which deserves a chapter to itself, namely, the Labyrinth in the Church. Probably...
Chapter Xi. Turf Labyrinths : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 79 CHAPTER XI TURF LABYRINTHS ("CONTINUED") A MILE or two outside Winchester and rising up above the village of Chilcombe is the rounded shoulder of St. Catherine's Hill, on the summit of which lies a curious squarish "Mizmaze," the executi...
Untitled : * Title Page Preface Contents List of Illustrations Chapter I. Introduction Chapter II. The Egyptian Labyrinth Chapter III. The Egyptian Labyrinth ("continued") Chapter IV. The Cretan Labyrinth Chapter V. The Cretan Labyrinth ("continued") Chapter VI. The Cretan Labyrinth ("continued") Chapter VII...
Chapter Xviii. The Dance Or Game Of Troy : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 156 CHAPTER XVIII THE DANCE OR GAME OF TROY READERS of our previous chapters will have noticed the frequency with which the name "Troy" is associated with the idea of the labyrinth. We find this association, for instance, in the case...
Chapter Xiii. The Floral Labyrinth : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 100 CHAPTER XIII THE FLORAL LABYRINTH AND THE DWARF-SHRUB MAZE THE mention of the word "maze" most frequently calls to mind a block of tall shrubs penetrated by a puzzling branching path, which terminates in an arbour or goal of some sort. But...
Chapter Viii. The Labyrinth In Ancient Art : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 42 CHAPTER VIII THE LABYRINTH IN ANCIENT ART THERE has been considerable speculation as to how the typical labyrinth form first came into existence. It became stereotyped long before the Christian era and retained its character for many...
Chapter Ii. The Egyptian Labyrinth : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 6 CHAPTER II THE EGYPTIAN LABYRINTH (i) "Accounts of the Ancient Writers" THE earliest structure of any kind to which we find the word labyrinth applied was a huge building situated in the North of Egypt, a land always noted for its stupendous...
Chapter Xvii. Stone Labyrinths And Rock Engravings : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 147 CHAPTER XVII STONE LABYRINTHS AND ROCK ENGRAVINGS IN Chapter XII we noticed some of the principal suggestions which had been made up to a few years ago as to the origin of our turf mazes, and saw that the question was one which could not...
Chapter X. Turf Labyrinths : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 71 CHAPTER X TURF LABYRINTHS WE have just remarked that the custom of placing labyrinth designs in churches does not appear to have become general on this side of the English Channel. We have in England, however, a class of survivals peculiar...
Chapter Vii. The Etruscan Or Italian Labyrinth : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 37 CHAPTER VII THE ETRUSCAN OR ITALIAN LABYRINTH IN addition to the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths, a few other structures are referred to as being in the same category, but not until a fairly late period. Pliny (died A.D. 79) mentions one...
Title Page : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. iii MAZES AND LABYRINTHS A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT BY W. H. MATTHEWS LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. [1922] Scanned, proofed and formatted , June 2005, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public doma...
Chapter Vi. The Cretan Labyrinth : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 29 CHAPTER VI THE CRETAN LABYRINTH ("CONTINUED") (iii) "Knossos" A FEW miles to the north-east of Gortyna, and not far south of the north coast town of Candia, lay, at the base of the hill of Kephala, a few ruined walls indicating the site...
Chapter Xix. The Bower Of 'fair Rosamond : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 164 CHAPTER XIX THE BOWER OF "FAIR ROSAMOND" THE story of "Fair Rosamond" and her mazy Bower, though it cannot lay claim to that standard of authenticity which is generally required of historical data, has for so long occupied an honoured...
Chapter Xxiii. Miscellanea And Conclusion : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 201 CHAPTER XXIII MISCELLANEA AND CONCLUSION IN the "Annales Archologiques" for 1857 it was stated that M. Bonnin, of Evreux, had collected no less than 200 designs of mazes or labyrinths, representative of all sorts of nations and periods...
Appendix. Bibliography Of Mazes And Labyrinths : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 214 APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MAZES AND LABYRINTHS (TOGETHER WITH NAMES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE FURNISHED THE WRITER WITH FIRST-HAND INFORMATION) NOTE.--"Names of Authors are also arranged alphabetically in the Index, which contains detailed...
Chapter Iv. The Cretan Labyrinth : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. 17 CHAPTER IV THE CRETAN LABYRINTH (i) "The Story of Theseus and the Minotaur" CHARLES KINGSLEY in "The Heroes" and Nathaniel Hawthorne in "Tanglewood Tales" have familiarised most English-speaking people with the story of the exploits...
List Of Illustrations : * "Mazes and Labyriths", by W. H. Matthews, [1922], p. xv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE 1. EGYPTIAN LABYRINTH. Portion of Ruins, "circ." 1700. (P. Lucas) "facing page"12 2. EGYPTIAN LABYRINTH. Shrine of Amenemhat III. (Flinders Petrie) "f.p" 13 3. EGYPTIAN LABYRINTH. Restored Plan. (Canina) 15 4...