Parts and Patterns
Parts and Patterns
Embedded Files
Script Form
Script Form
Basic form, manuscript form
(concentric walls without stylistic details)
Path Thread
Path Thread
Ariadne's Thread
(the center of the path)
Walls with Color-Coded Path
Walls with Color-Coded Path
Shows axial (orange) and orbital (yellow) movement
Thread with Color-Coded Path
Thread with Color-Coded Path
Shows axial (orange) and orbital (yellow) movement
Walls, Path, and Thread
Walls, Path, and Thread
All elements combined
Thread Diagram with Color-Coded Features
Thread Diagram with Color-Coded Features
Pattern, rectangular diagram, compression diagram
Thread Diagram as a Component
Thread Diagram as a Component
Example: a 3-circuit reverse serpentine is also known as a single meander.
Component as Part of a Bigger Pattern
Component as Part of a Bigger Pattern
The 7-circuit Classical pattern is a compound construction: equal layered meanders (two single meanders joined by a circuit).
Orientation
Orientation
Thread diagrams can be oriented in different ways depending on who created them and that person's system or usual habit. If you only look at self-dual labyrinths, it may not seem to be that significant. The chiral mirror images — the right- and left-hand versions of the pattern — are easily recognized, and the rotated versions look the same due to two-fold rotational symmetry.
0 | 1 4 3 2 5 (6)
Bottom to top
Left to right
0 | 1 4 3 2 5 (6)
Bottom to top
Right to left
0 | 1 4 3 2 5 (6)
Top to bottom
Left to right
0 | 1 4 3 2 5 (6)
Top to bottom
Right to left
However, when looking at a pattern that is not self-dual, the importance of knowing the orientation of the diagram becomes more apparent.
0 | 3 2 1 4 5 (6)
Bottom to top
Left to right
0 | 3 2 1 4 5 (6)
Bottom to top
Right to left
0 | 3 2 1 4 5 (6)
Top to bottom
Left to right
0 | 3 2 1 4 5 (6)
Top to bottom
Right to left
On this website, you will mainly see bottom to top, left to right diagrams. I have deliberately chosen this orientation because of how it corresponds to the walker's experience standing at the entrance, and how I configure my main axis diagrams to read from left to right especially for more complex labyrinths.
Main Axis Configuration
Main Axis Configuration
0 | 3 2 1 4 5 (6)
0 | 3 2 1 4 5 (6)
Path thread in rounded square analysis style with main axis configuration
Main Axis 3.5n
Main Axis 3.5n
Entrance to third circuit
Center from fifth circuit with nested turns below
0 | 3 2 1 4 5 (6)
0 | 3 2 1 4 5 (6)
Thread diagram
Videos
Videos
Parts of a labyrinth:
Parts of a labyrinth:
Labyrinth-to-thread transformations:
Labyrinth-to-thread transformations:
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