Chartres Labyrinth
Adrian Fisher:
Another great labyrinth style is the Mediæval Christian labyrinth with eleven rings of paths, which double back on each of the four axes to portray a distinctive Christian cross. These first appeared in manuscripts, followed by a number of examples in the indoor stone pavements of the great mediæval abbeys and cathedrals of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The oldest surviving labyrinth, built in the early 1200s, can be found at Chartres Cathedral in France. Those at Amiens Cathedral, Bayeux Cathedral, Saint-Quentin parish church and the church of San Vitale in Ravenna still survive; others in the French cathedrals of Arras, Chambéry, Poitiers, Rheims and Sens no longer exist.[The Amazing Book of Mazes by Adrian Fisher. New York: Abrams, 2006]
Amiens Labyrinth