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The Maze and the Warrior: Symbols in Architecture, Theology, and Music

A tourist visiting the famous cathedral at Chartres might be surprised to discover an enormous labyrinth embedded in the thirteenth-century floor. Why is it there?... The mazes incorporated into church floors and illustrating religious books were symbolic of an epic journey through this sinful world to salvation.

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