Caerdroia 29
June 1998

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With 72 pages, this is the largest edition produced so far and contains important articles on labyrinths in Iceland, labyrinthine cave paintings in Sicily, water mazes and a catalogue of mazes and labyrinths in Australia and New Zealand.

The original edition has now sold out, but a reprint edition is still available.

Jeff Saward, Editor
  • Two of the Finest Medieval labyrinths, p4: photos by Jeff Saward of the Julians Bower at Alkborough and the Chartres Cathedral labyrinth.
  • Translating Kern's "Labyrinthe", p5: an appeal for funds to translate and publish Kern's monumental work in English.
  • Maze Metamorphosis p6-10: news of Adrian Fisher's latest maze projects.
  • Religious Symbolism in Mazes, p11-13: Penny Granger compares and contrasts three modern examples.
  • The Oldest Labyrinth in the World? The Polyphemus Cave Paintings, p14-22: Marguerite Rigoglioso reports on a recently discovered Neolithic cave painting in Sicily.
  • Mazes in Australia and New Zealand, p23-29: Jeff Saward catalogues the many examples down under.
  • The Ceavccageadgi Fish Oil Stone, p30-32: Sig Lonegren visits sacred sites on the Artic Circle in Norway.
  • A 17th Century Water Maze at Greenwich, p33: Ann Robey finds documentary proof of an important early example of the form.
  • A Note on Water Mazes, p34: Jeff Saward reviews the recent examples of this variety.
  • The Labyrinth of Padua, p35-37: Robert Milazzi documents a lost hedge maze.
  • The Labyrinth in the Mediterranean - pt. III, p38-42: The 3rd & final part of Staffan Lundén's study looks at the use of the earliest labyrinths as protective symbols.
  • Developing the Labyrinth, p43-51: Alex Champion re-drawing the classical labyrinth to produce new variants.
  • SuperMazes!, p 52-57: Robert Abbott discusses mazes and the rules for solving them.
  • Notes & Queries, p58-69: the usual round up of stray pathways within the labyrinth:- Labyrinths in Iceland, 16th century pavement labyrinth discovered in Rome, Walttraud Hunkes' 1940 labyrinth dissertation, the latest crop of maize mazes, labyrinth books and reviews, a new labyrinth at New Harmony, Tapton park and Cajalco labyrinths, etc.
  • Two large labyrinths, p69: aerial photos of the Earth & Wildflower Labyrinth, England by Jim Buchanan and Noah's Ark Maize Maze, Pennsylvania by Adrian Fisher.

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