medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
There is a very small maze at S. Vitale in Ravenna, much too small to
walk in/along/through. I have never seen anything about it though I
once did a lot of reading on mazes. Does anyone have anything to say
about it?
DW
[who belongs to a cathedral that has 3 mazes]
jbugslag wrote:
> This makes all the more intriguing the quite convincing contention of Craig Wright, in his
> book The Maze and the Warrior, that the walkable labyrinths that appeared in various
> northern French churches in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, at places such as
> Auxerre, Chartres (the only surviving example), Reims and Amiens, were used by the canons
> at Easter for a sort of liturgical dance cum ball game.
> Cheers,
> Jim Bugslag
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