...Today, remains of these can be seen in places such as Chartres Cathedral. Turf mazes remain in various places, mainly in England, and many of them seem to have been used for competitions during village festivals. The pattern is generally the same as that of the floors of Gothic cathedrals mentioned above, and it is thought that they probably originated at the same time. Furthermore, labyrinth designs of the ancient Roman residential type or Gothic cathedral type were also created using hedges in Renaissance gardens, and in these cases too, they are thought to have had a certain kind of talismanic meaning. *Some of the terminology that mentions "turf maze" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…今日,シャルトル大聖堂などにその遺構を見ることができる。 またイギリスを中心として芝生迷路(ターフ・メーズturf maze)と呼ばれるものが各地に残存しており,その多くは村邑の祝祭の際に競技に用いられたようだが,このパターンは先述のゴシックの大聖堂床面のものと一般に共通であり,おそらくその起源を同じころにもつと考えられる。さらに古代ローマの住宅型,あるいはゴシック大聖堂型のパターンの迷宮文様は,ルネサンス期の庭園においても生垣を利用して造り出されており,この場合もある種の呪符的な意味づけがあったと考えられる。… ※「turf maze」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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