Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development
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Chapters (314)
- MAZES AND LABYRINTHS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- MAZES AND LABYRINTHS
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER II THE EGYPTIAN LABYRINTH (i) Accounts of the Ancient Writers
- CHAPTER III THE EGYPTIAN LABYRINTH (continued) (ii) Accounts of Later Explorers
- CHAPTER IV THE CRETAN LABYRINTH (i) The Story of Theseus and the Minotaur
- CHAPTER V THE CRETAN LABYRINTH (continued) (ii) The Caverns of Gortyna
- CHAPTER VI THE CRETAN LABYRINTH (continued) (iii) Knossos
- CHAPTER VII THE ETRUSCAN OR ITALIAN LABYRINTH
- CHAPTER VIII THE LABYRINTH IN ANCIENT ART
- CHAPTER IX CHURCH LABYRINTHS
- CHAPTER X TURF LABYRINTHS
- CHAPTER XI TURF LABYRINTHS (continued)
- CHAPTER XII THE ORIGIN OF TURF MAZES
- CHAPTER XIII THE FLORAL LABYRINTH AND THE DWARF-SHRUB MAZE
- CHAPTER XIV THE TOPIARY LABYRINTH, OR HEDGE MAZE
- CHAPTER XV THE TOPIARY LABYRINTH, OR HEDGE MAZE (continued)
- CHAPTER XVI THE TOPIARY LABYRINTH, OR HEDGE MAZE (continued) Latter-day Developments
- CHAPTER XVII STONE LABYRINTHS AND ROCK ENGRAVINGS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE DANCE OR GAME OF TROY
- CHAPTER XIX THE BOWER OF "FAIR ROSAMOND"
- CHAPTER XX MAZE ETYMOLOGY
- CHAPTER XXI LABYRINTH DESIGN AND SOLUTION OF MAZES
- CHAPTER XXII THE LABYRINTH IN LITERATURE
- CHAPTER XXIII MISCELLANEA AND CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MAZES AND LABYRINTHS (TOGETHER WITH NAMES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE FURNISHED THE WRITER WITH FIRST-HAND INFORMATION)
- I. GENERAL
- II. FORM, AND MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES
- III. THE CLASSIC LABYRINTHS
- (i) The Egyptian Labyrinth
- (ii) The Cretan Labyrinth
- (iii) The Etruscan, Lemnian, etc., Labyrinths.
- IV. THE LABYRINTH IN ANCIENT ART
- (i) Coins
- (ii) Pottery
- (iii) Mosaic Pavements, etc. (See also Church Labyrinths, Appendix V.)
- (iv) Miscellaneous
- V. LABYRINTHS IN CHURCHES
- (i) General
- (ii) Particular Localities
- VI. HEDGE MAZES, FLORAL LABYRINTHS, ETC.
- (i) Classical References (Roman Topiary Work and Ornamental Gardening)
- (ii) Great Britain (General)
- (iii) Great Britain (Particular Localities)
- (iv) France
- (v) Italy
- (vi) Holland and Belgium
- (vii) Other Countries
- VII. TURF LABYRINTHS
- (i) General
- (ii) Particular Localities
- VIII. STONE LABYRINTHS (For Rock Engravings, see "Miscellaneous")
- IX. THE LABYRINTH IN NON-EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
- (i) American Indians
- (ii) India
- (iii) Zulus
- X. MISCELLANEOUS
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