Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and DevelopmentMatthews, W. H.
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Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development
Matthews, W. H.
Labyrinths; Maze gardens
DE LAUNAY, R. "Les Fallacieux Détours du Labyrinthe" in _Révue
Archéologique_, Series V, 1915-16.
(A bold and striking essay, chiefly concerned with the labyrinth
as the architectural expression of a sun-myth.)
FRAZER, Sir J. G. "The Golden Bough," Pt. III, "The Dying God," 1911.
(In the section dealing with the octennial tenure of the
kingship the labyrinth is treated from the point of view of the
anthropologist and folk-lorist.)
COOK, A. B. "Zeus. A Study in Ancient Religions," 1914.
(The labyrinth, particularly that of Crete, is studied from the
point of view of the classical archaeologist.)
KRAUSE, ERNST. "Die Trojaburgen Nordeuropas" and "Die Nordische
Herkunft der Trojasage," Glogau, 1893. Also "Tuiskoland der
Arischen Stämme und Götter Urheimat," 1891.
(A study of classic and northern mythologies with special
reference to solar rites. The labyrinth is held to be
distinctively northern, the classic legends being derivative.)
MASSMANN, H. F. "Wunderkreise und Irrgarten," Leipzig Basse, 1844.
(This work is mentioned in a German encyclopaedia, but the
writer has not been able to obtain access to a copy. Written
by a mathematician, it probably deals with the subject from a
corresponding aspect.)
DAREMBERG, SAGLIO & POTTIER. "Dictionnaire des Antiquités," 1904,
Vol. III.
(The article "Labyrinthe" gives very full references to the
occurrence of labyrinth figures on ancient monuments.)
_Dictionary of Architecture_ (1867). Arts. "Maze" and "Meander."
_Encyclopaedia Britannica._ Art. "Labyrinth." By THOS. MOORE, F.L.S.
(1821-87) (with especial reference to hedge mazes).
(Several other encyclopaedias, American, French, German and
Italian, also contain good articles on the subject, notably
Larousse, La Grande Encyclopédie, The New International
Encyclopaedia, and Roscher's Lexikon der Mythologie, Vol. II,
1894-7.)
"_Country Life._" Two well-illustrated anonymous articles in issues
of January 24 and March 14, 1903.
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There is a popular article on Mazes by G. S. TYACK in W. ANDREWS'S
"Ecclesiastical Curiosities," 1897; and a chapter of E. O.
GORDON'S "Prehistoric London," 1914, treats of the matter in so
far as it supports the theory of the Trojan origin of London
(Troy-Novant).
II. FORM, AND MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES
BALL, W. W. R. "Mathematical Recreations and Essays," 1905, pp.
174-80.
TARRY, G. "Le Problème des Labyrinthes," in _Nouvelles Annales de
Mathématiques_, Vol. XIV, 1895, pp. 187-90.
LUCAS, E. "Récréations Mathématiques," 1882-94.
WOLTERS, P. "Darstellungen des Labyrinths," in _Sitzungsberichte der
phil., &c., Classe der k.b. Akademie zu München_, 1907.
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