The Topology of Roman Mosaic Mazes<p>
by Anthony Phillips<p>
Abstract<p>
The 46 Roman mosaic mazes that are well preserved and/or
well documented enough for the maze-path to be intelligible fall into
25 distinct topological types, which in turn can be built out of
seven elementary submazes. This understanding allows the theoretical
reconstruction of some of the mazes that have been partially destroyed
and signals instances of faulty restoration in some of those
that appear more or less intact today.<p>

<i> Leonardo</i> 23 (1992) 321-329
        (reprinted in Michele Emmer, (ed.), The Visual Mind: Art and
        Mathematics, MIT Press 1993, 65-73)
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