. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. CI ~ o•y. M M art we must take notice of a reference in an ancient manu-script which tends to show that the symbol figured onthe robes of Roman Emperors. This manuscript wasdiscovered by A. F. Ozanam in the Laurentian Libraryat Florence. It is entitled Graphia Aurea UrbisRomae and contains, under the heading De diarodinoimperatoris, the following passage: Habeat et in diarodino laberinthum fabrejactum ex auroet margaritis, in quo sit Minotaurus, digitum ad os tenens ex. Fig. 40.—Labyrinth engraved on an ancient gem. (
. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. CI ~ o•y. M M art we must take notice of a reference in an ancient manu-script which tends to show that the symbol figured onthe robes of Roman Emperors. This manuscript wasdiscovered by A. F. Ozanam in the Laurentian Libraryat Florence. It is entitled Graphia Aurea UrbisRomae and contains, under the heading De diarodinoimperatoris, the following passage: Habeat et in diarodino laberinthum fabrejactum ex auroet margaritis, in quo sit Minotaurus, digitum ad os tenens ex. Fig. 40.—Labyrinth engraved on an ancient gem. (Maflei.) smaragdo Jactus, quia sicut non valet quis laberinthum scru-tare, ita non debet consilium dominatoris propalare. Let there be represented on it (the Emperors robe)a labyrinth of gold and pearls, in which is the Minotaur,made of emerald, holding his finger to his mouth, thussignifying that, just as none may know the secret of thelabyrinth, so none may reveal the monarchs counsels. It has been pointed out by Mr. A. B. Cook that inthe Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge is a painting byBartolommeo Veneto (1502-1530) representing an un-known man who wears on his breast a labyrinth resem-bling that described above. S3 CHAPTER IX CHURCH LABYRINTHS The consideration of labyrinths worked in Roman mosaicpavements leads us on to a very interesting developmentof the subject which deserves a chapter to itself, namely,the Labyrinth in the Church. Probably the oldest known example of this nature isthat in the ancient basilica of Reparatus at Or
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