Papers relating to mazes, by Herbert Hurst except where otherwise mentioned
MS. Eng. misc. c. 86
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Papers relating to mazes, by Herbert Hurst except where otherwise mentioned
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. c. 86
Summary
Papers relating to mazes, by Herbert Hurst except where otherwise mentioned. Principal contents:
Fol. 8. a paper on mazes read before the Dorset Antiquarian Society in April 1909 (cf. MS. Drawings gen. c. 1)
Fol. 55. mazes in churches
Fol. 63. annotated copy of a published article by Henry E. Dudeney on 'Mazes and how to thread them'
Fol. 76. transcript of a paper by Dr. W. E. Ball in the published Proceedings of the Lewisham Antiquarian Society, 1899-1901, on 'Maze, Troy-towns and Jerusalem Roads'
Fol. 109. letters from the rev. F. G. Walker, secretary of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Jan.-March 1909
Fol. 147. correspondence relating to examples of mazes in England arranged in alphabetical order of places
Fol. 217. 'Virgil's Troy-game analysed'
Fol. 225. the Troy-game and Troy-towns
Date
Written in 1908-1912
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
246 Leaves
Custodial history
Bound up out of papers presented Sept. 23.
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Collection contents
Papers relating to mazes, by Herbert Hurst except where otherwise mentioned
