Medieval Church & Cathedral Labyrinths -
Once widespread throughout western Europe, many labyrinths in churches and cathedrals have been destroyed, but their designs are sometimes preserved in manuscripts and antiquarian texts. Labyrinthos has a considerable collection of these plans and engravings, along with plans of lost and surviving labyrinths created by Jeff Saward. A selection of these are reproduced below, and similar graphic plans can be produced to order.
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Chartres Cathedral, France |
Chartres Cathedral, France |
Chartres Cathedral, France |
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Sens Cathedral, France, late 12th or early 13th century, destroyed 1768 |
St. Quentin, France 1495 |
Arras Cathedral, France |
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St. Bertin, St. Omer, France |
Amiens Cathedral, France, 1288 destroyed ca. 1825, restored 1894 |
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Toulouse Cathedral, France mid- |
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Reims Cathedral, France |
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St. Servaas, Maastricht, Netherlands 1880s, destroyed early 1980s |
Stadhuis, Gent, Belgium |
St. Martinus, Voorburg, Netherlands |
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Ely Cathedral, England |
Watts Chapel, Compton, England |
Belfast Cathedral, Northern Ireland |
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Köln Cathedral, Germany 1977 |
S. Francesco, Alatri, Italy |
S. Maria Aquiro, Rome, Italy |
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S. Michele Maggiore, Pavia, Italy |
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