CHAPTER XII

THE ORIGIN OF TURF MAZES

An old Welsh Custom--"Troy" or "Turnings"?--Dr. Trollope on

the Ecclesiastical Origin of Turf Mazes--The Welsh Figure--

Criticism of the Ecclesiastical View--"Treading the Maze"

in Tudor Times--Shakespearean References--Alchemy and the

Labyrinth of Solomon--Figure in a Greek Monastery--Heraldic

Labyrinths--The Question of the Roman Origin of Turf Mazes 92-99

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