Martin Bretzin #13

The old library in the Sean Connery/Christian Slater movie we watched was pretty confusing. The library was essentially a huge labyrinth of texts handwritten by men of the Church. The symbolic use of the labyrinth showed how when looking for answers the men of the Church were required to disorient themselves. This showed that without the answers they sought, the were essentially lost. This was illustrated by the complexity of the labyrinth and its existence as a library. However, what confused me most was why the library was actually built that way. Was this a common architectural design in that era? Did it serve some other purpose, like hiding sacred documents from enemies? Or was it simply a fictional building used to demonstrate a philosophical connection between gaining knowledge and concepts of orientation?