medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
How common are these Labyrinths? I note the mention of Reims. I've seen
the one at Chartres. How many others survive?
Tom Izbicki
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Otfried Lieberknecht wrote:
> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 00:01:34 +0200
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> Subject: Re: [M-R] Labyrinths?
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> Dear Patrick,
>
> I happen to have some references, but they are taken from second hands, so
> that I cannot supply any synopsis or other insight. In addition to Matthews
> already quoted by Dee Dyas I have:
>
> BRANNER Robert
> [on the labyrinth at the cathedral of Reims] in: Journal
> of the Society of Architectural Historians 22 (1963),
> p.18-25
> HOWARD Donald R.
> The Idea of the Canterbury Tales, U of California Press,
> 1976, p.326ss.
> BATSCHELET-MASSINI W.
> Labyrinthzeichnungen in Handschriften. In: Codices manu-
> scripti 4 (1978), p.33-65
> CIPOLLA Gaetano
> Labyrinth: Studies on an Archetype. New York: LEGAS, 1987
> BEAL Rebecca Sue
> Dante in the Labyrinth. In: Mediaevalia 13 (1987 [1989]),
> p.227-245
> DOOB Penelope Reed
> The Ideae of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through
> the Middle Ages. Ithaca / New York / London: Cornell UP,
> 1990, xviii+355 pp.
>
> There is also an article on labyrinths by F. Cabrol and H. Leqlerq in the
> _Dictionnaire d'arche'ologie chre'tienne et de liturgie_, t.VIII (Paris
> 1928), 973-982. Doob is probably the right thing to start with.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Otfried
>
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