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Table of Contents
ОглавлениеPREFACE
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
IV. THE LABYRINTH IN ANCIENT ART
V. LABYRINTHS IN CHURCHES
VI. HEDGE MAZES, FLORAL LABYRINTHS, ETC.
VII. TURF LABYRINTHS
VIII. STONE LABYRINTHS (For Rock Engravings, see "Miscellaneous")
IX. THE LABYRINTH IN NON-EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
X. MISCELLANEOUS
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