For information and images of the two best known labyrinth designs, i.e., the classical (aka "Cretan") and the Chartres labyrinth, please visit The Labyrinth Society.
To see an enlarged image of a design, simply click on its thumbnail. You can reposition that opened window as you wish, allowing you to open and compare various designs. To close the larger image, click on either the image or the "Close" link beneath it.
Alternate Versions: If an alternate version is shown under the design name, you can either click on the link in the larger image window to position it alongside, or, you may move to its appropriate page by clicking on the link under the name.
See home page/index for different ways to trace finger labyrinths.
Adapted from illustration by Jeff Saward in Hermann Kern's book, "Through the Labyrinth: Designs and Meanings Over 5,000 Years."
Contemporary variations:
Petite Classical with Perpetual Path™
Perpetual Heart™
Contemporary Troy Town
Echo IEngland (designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, 1870)
Contemporary variations:
Elyesque Duet
Elyesque Rambling Rose
Elyesque Romanesque I & IIOlder than the Chartres design, but not nearly as old as the Cretan design. Design is based on image found in Hermann Kern's book, "Through the Labyrinth: Designs and Meanings Over 5000 Years."
Contemporary variations: 5c Echo VI 6c Vesper I 7c Luna V 7c Vesper II 10c Jericho 11c Jericho Germany — turf labyrinth
Contemporary variations:
Gemini II Hanover/Cretan
Chanson II & III
Luna Chanson IIItaly
Contemporary variation:
9c Eventide VIIIcelandic manuscript. Drawing is based on image found in Hermann Kern's book, "Through the Labyrinth: Designs and Meanings Over 5000 Years."
Contemporary variations: 7c Unita 7c Gemini Unita 10c Unita 11c Unita 7c Gemini II Unita/Hymnody VII 10c Gemini II Unita/Hymnody VII USA — Pima and Tohono O'odham Nations England — turf labyrinth France
Contemporary variations:
5c Petite Bayeus I & II
10c Echo de Bayeux
11c Echo de BayeuxEngland — turf labyrinth
Contemporary variations: 9c Aria 9c Concento 9c Echo 9c Eventide III 9c Eventide IV 11c Concento France
Contemporary variations:
10c Pensatore
10c Vivacé
11c VivacéIceland — Drawing is based on image found in Hermann Kern's book, "Through the Labyrinth: Designs and Meanings Over 5000 Years."
Contemporary variations: 5c Luna III 5c Gemini Shiloh Dove 7c Luna VI 10c Shiloh 11c Luna III
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