Labyrinth

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English: In colloquial English the terms "maze" and "labyrinth" are synonymous. Some scholars, notably Hermann Kern, draw a distinction, using "labyrinth" for unicursal patterns with a single unbranching path leading to the center, and "maze" for branching, multi-cursal patterns with dead-ends or alternative routes that may be taken.
Українська: Лабіринт
Español: laberinto

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Unicursal labyrinths[edit]

Diagrams[edit]

  • Redrawn version of a carved Renaissance gem showing the Minotaur at center of labyrinth

  • "Medieval" labyrinth diagram

  • "Classical" labyrinth diagram

  • Caerdroia diagram

  • A triple-spiral labyrinth

  • Variant of triple-spiral labyrinth

  • classic "Cretan" or "Troy" labyrinth in square form

  • classic "Cretan" or "Troy" labyrinth in semi-round form

  • classic "Cretan" or "Troy" labyrinth in round form

  • classic "Cretan" or "Troy" labyrinth in circular disc

  • path through classic "Cretan" or "Troy" labyrinth

  • Radial labyrinth

  • One method of drawing a half-round classical labyrinth

  • Modern rendition of Thomas Hill's 1579 garden design (Kern, figure 472), itself based on a 15th century design by Averlino (Kern, figure 345)

Photos[edit]

  • Lucca

  • Alkborough, North Lincolnshire, UK

  • Rocky Valley, Tintagel, Cornwall, UK

  • Wing, Rutland, UK

  • "City of Troy" maze, Dalby, Yorkshire, UK

  • Seaton Labyrinth, Seaton, Devon, UK

  • Saffron Walden, Essex, UK (diagram)

  • Pillar at centre of Hilton turf maze

  • Labyrinth made with burning tealights in the Holy Cross Church in Frankfurt am Main-Bornheim

  • 14th century plan of walls of Jericho

  • Hemet, California petroglyph

  • Photo of Chartres cathedral floor Labyrinth

  • Boston College Memorial Labyrinth

  • Erie, Pennsylvania

  • St. Lambertus, Mingolsheim

  • The labyrinth in Holy Spirit Seminary, Hong Kong

  • Nijmegen, stereo photo

  • Classical labyrinth

  • National Theatre (Budapest)2002

  • Edinburgh labyrinth, George Square Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

  • Labyrinth at the Chapel of St. Basil in Houston, Tx

  • Labyrinth in the Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of Saint-Remy, Wallonia, Belgium

  • Classical seven-circuit labyrinth in East Hardwick, Vermont

Mazes[edit]

Diagrams[edit]

  • Hampton court maze

  • hand drawn maze

  • hand drawn maze

  • a maze

  • Cg pp maze.png

  • a maze

  • a maze

  • Graph-theory diagram

  • A simple hand drawn maze

  • Design based on a classical labyrinth, but technically a maze

  • plan of Loops and Traps Maze Ridgewood, NJ 2008

Photos[edit]

  • hedge maze in Aschaffenburg

  • a hedge maze

  • Probably not a maze!

  • Labyrinth for children in a Frankfurt playground

  • Labyrinth of villa Pisani, Stra, Venice

  • Labyrinth of villa Pisani, Stra, Venice - 2

  • Labyrinth of villa Pisani, Stra, Venice - 3

  • Inside the labyrinth of villa Pisani, Stra, Venice - 4

  • Glendurgan hedge maze overview

  • Glendurgan

  • Vancouver hedge maze

  • Longleat Hedge Maze

  • Garden plan of Chateau de Choisy (more of a spiral path than a labyrinth)

  • Magnolia SC

  • A hand made dense maze

  • Heidelberg

  • Garden maze

  • Three-dimensional maze

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