The Labyrinths They Destroyed
~ Sunday, January 24, 2021 ~
Six cathedral labyrinths were removed from French churches between 1690 and the 1820s. In most cases, the reason given was the same: children were playing on them during services and disturbing the liturgy. This is probably true. It is also, as explanations go, worth sitting with. These objects had been in their cathedrals for four or five centuries before the canons decided they were furniture.