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The lab. you mentioned is in the Duomo portal. And the inscription reads
(according to an Italian booklet): Questo è il Labirinto che construì Dedalo
cretese, dal quale nessuno di quanti vi furono introdotti poté uscire,
eccettuato Teseo, gratuitamente aiutato dal filo di Arianna.
Carlos
>
> I've seen a little one --- maybe 6 or 8 inches in diameter --- inscribed
on
> a pillar on the outside porch of a church in Lucca --- sorry, but I don't
> remember which edifice. It attracted my interest mainly because it seemed
> like a graffito. There was a partly degraded, messy Latin inscription next
> to it, stating the name of the inscriber and (if I recall correctly) his
> purpose in making it. I didn't spend much time trying to read it, however,
> as I was only there for an afternoon. I should remember to add unlined
> paper and a rubbing pencil to my travel kit for such occasions.
>
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