What was at the centre of the Labyrinth?
All that remains of the brass or copper plaque that formerly decorated the centre of the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral are the worn stubs of the rivets that held it in place. While we know, from a description of the plaque from around 1640 (Chaliline, 1918), that it bore a representation of the combat between Theseus and the Minotaur, we have no plan or diagram of the layout of its design. It would surely have been similar to the depictions of this scene found in contemporary labyrinth-decorated manuscripts, or at the centre of the 12th century floor labyrinths in Italian cathedrals. The plaque was removed in 1792, supposedly to be melted down for cannons for the army of the newly founded French Republic.
What was at the centre of the Labyrinth?All that remains of the brass or copper plaque that formerly decorated the centre of the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral are the worn stubs of the rivets that held it in place. While we know, from a description of the plaque from around 1640 (Chaliline, 1918), that it bore a representation of the combat between Theseus and the Minotaur, we have no plan or diagram of the layout of its design. It would surely have been similar to the depictions of this scene found in contemporary labyrinth-decorated manuscripts, or at the centre of the 12th century floor labyrinths in Italian cathedrals. The plaque was removed in 1792, supposedly to be melted down for cannons for the army of the newly founded French Republic.
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