one hundred and seventy-six wings · each a different sense of the building
twenty-four small portraits — one per hour. a tide-table for the day.
24 roomstwenty-four pigments. each room is the colour and contains its small biography.
24 roomstwenty creatures observed in or near the labyrinth. most days.
20 entriesfifteen pressed specimens. catalogued, more or less faithfully.
15 specimenstwelve small mythic figures, plus an interactive sky.
12 figures · 1 skytwenty rooms of a domestic building, by floor.
20 roomstwenty-five papers — telegrams, postcards, receipts, will.
25 documentsthirty invented words. plus the older lexicon entries.
30 entriesfourteen weathers, observed inside the building.
14 atmospheresfive interactive canvases — drift, threads, weather, lines, orbit.
5 surfacessixteen maps of unmappable things — forgetting, lateness, attention.
16 mapstwenty short dreams, recorded on waking.
20 dreamstwelve instruments, presently silent.
12 instrumentsfifteen small stones — for things, not people.
15 stoneseighteen remedies for fictional conditions.
18 remediestwelve teas · daily and for tuesdays.
12 teasfifteen knots — daily use and decorative.
15 knotstwelve small integers, lived with.
12 numbersfourteen pages in homage to noemata.net.
14 pageseighteen architectural details — hinge, latch, dado, finial.
18 detailseighteen vitrines from the cabinet of curiosities.
18 vitrinesfifteen patterns — for fifteen walls.
15 patternsfifteen birds, observed in or near.
15 birdstwelve small minerals · weighed by hand.
12 stonesfifteen simple recipes — evocative, domestic.
15 recipestwelve letters, from outside the labyrinth.
12 lettersfifteen small invented insects — a second wing of creatures.
15 insectstwelve invented saints, each with a feast day.
12 saintstwelve workshop tools — plane, chisel, brace.
12 toolsten hats from the cloakroom shelf.
10 hatsten fictional children's books for the nursery.
10 booksten stitched fabrics — initial, blackwork, whitework.
10 fabricstwelve windows · at twilight.
12 shopsten pages of bee-keeping — hive, queen, comb, swarm.
10 pagestwelve small paintings hung throughout the building.
12 paintingstwelve jars — row by row.
12 jarsten · each running at its own pace.
10 watcheseight from a deck · four from a tarot.
12 cardsten front pages from several papers.
10 papersten · in a small tin.
10 buttonsten — for the desk.
10 itemseight folk songs · north noemic.
8 songsten · from a small album.
10 stampsten · written, mostly sent.
10 cardssmall tales · told once and a little differently.
talessmall mammals · near and around.
10 mammalsnamed trees of the labyrinth grounds.
10 treesthe sky, watched in sections.
skynamed clouds · catalogued.
cloudssmall lights · ten · one room each.
10 lampstimekeepers · each on its own pace.
10 clocksempty picture frames · waiting.
framespainted signs · weathered, taken down.
signssmall public notices · pinned to boards.
noticesinscriptions on small stones and lintels.
epigraphssmall things from a single pocket.
pocketforgotten small toys.
toysbrief presences · accounted for.
phantomsa small saturday market · stall by stall.
marketsmall moments in cities.
urbansmall recipes · evening only.
cocktailsother drinks, daily.
drinkssmall games · with rules half remembered.
gamessmall family rooms · plates, recipes, hands.
familya small daily log · kept by the keeper.
logsmall visiting cards · left on the salver.
cardssmall caged birds · with names.
pet birdsnamed birdsongs · transcribed.
songssmall instruments for measuring the air.
10 instrumentssmall things cut from larger papers.
cuttingssmall things picked up between tides.
10 findssmall flowers tied with string.
bouquetsten small machines · still working.
10 mechsten · seen from a distance.
10 glancesten · in various cupboards.
10 garmentsten · on the table · pinned to the door.
10 notesten small halts · marin to terminus.
10 stationsten small books · standing as found.
10 booksten single-room museums · single subjects.
10 museumsten · on the general store counter.
10 goodsten · founded, hung, rung, named.
10 bellsten · written, not posted.
10 lettersten · drawn from the keeper's log.
10 morningsten pages · one amateur hand.
10 drawingsten · from the haberdasher's book.
10 fabricsten arrangements · ten vessels · ten rooms.
10 vasesten · small bound books of trade and household.
10 ledgersten · written, framed, hung in the corridor.
10 portraitsten · in the labyrinth · known to stick or not.
10 doorsten · with their views, catches, last-closers.
10 windowsten · labelled, mostly · domestic and odd.
10 bottlesten · framed, hinged, pocketed, blackened.
10 mirrorsten · sunk · sealed · still drawing.
10 wellsten · damaged but kept.
10 brokenten places · left as found · slowly reclaimed.
10 placesten · definitively · the loss matters.
10 lostten · patented · all unworkable.
10 inventionsten · each with direction · season · beaufort.
10 windsten · stages, screens, booths, single-chair.
10 theatresten broadsides · small bay press · north noemic.
10 versesten · from the keeper's log · with notes.
10 visitorsten · paid or filed · domestic and trade.
10 billsten · in daily use · in drawers · lost.
10 keysten · from a family album.
10 photographsten cuttings · from the village papers.
10 dispatchesten · named · each with a life and a death.
10 petsten · north noemic · used between labyrinth and sea.
10 wordsten · small annual local observances.
10 festivalsten · regional · seasonal · mostly no longer made.
10 recipesten · no longer practised.
10 tradesten · the extremes · with instruments.
10 eventsten · rooms whose history has been lost.
10 roomsten · objects out of their century.
10 objectsten · pinned to boards · meaning unclear.
10 noticesten · begun, abandoned, kept.
10 projectsten · they work · no one knows what for.
10 machinesten entries · noemic and labyrinthine.
10 entriesten · each a specific kind.
10 silencesten · alternative entrances.
10 thresholdsten · niches, nooks, almost-forgotten.
10 cornersten · private · small · daily.
10 ceremoniesten · short verbal descriptions.
10 soundsten · from a mostly-lost epic.
10 fragmentsten · small wild residents of the back garden.
10 creaturesten · imagined · mostly unsounded.
10 instrumentsten windows · chapel · hall · side-room.
10 windowsten small verse-riddles · copybook 1872.
10 riddlesten · cut into stone · about the grounds.
10 inscriptionsten · for things, not people.
10 gravesten named durations · neither hour nor minute.
10 intervalsten · small academies · quiet activities.
10 societiesten named · observed at the harbour.
10 tidesten · named paths around the labyrinth.
10 walksten · pages from the visitor's book.
10 pagesten small admissions · pinned · slipped · placed.
10 confessionsten small folk-omens · light weight.
10 auguriesten · unresolved · not crimes · just questions.
10 mysteriesten · at the building's edge.
10 eavesten · named measured stretches.
10 distancesten · between rooms · between hands.
10 treatiesten · each household member's shelf.
10 shelvesten small things one refuses to throw away.
10 thingsten · named · room by room.
10 smellsten · in and around the grounds · sat upon.
10 benchesten · ambient · not lamps.
10 lightsten · smaller than winds · local · indoor.
10 breezesten · small spaces kept · barely used.
10 reservationsten · mended · the mend visible.
10 repairsten places · feet have shaped the floor.
10 placesten · coats of arms · fictional & small.
10 armsten · kept · tied · binding small things.
10 ribbonsten · each specific to its trade.
10 toolsten · drawn from life · spring & early summer.
10 flowersten · scraps of folk songs · mostly forgotten.
10 fragmentsten · broken · intact · resealed.
10 sealsten · spun · in corners · in slots.
10 websten small mishaps · recorded after the fact.
10 mishapsten · specific gazes · from inside.
10 looksten · handed down · with provenance.
10 heirloomsten · each a specific kind.
10 smilesten · arrived · returned · unopened.
10 parcelsten small acts · done · barely noticed.
10 actsten · cities · 1957–1963.
10 lettersten · small motions observed · barely meant.
10 gesturesten · observed only at night.
10 observationsten · where sound returns.
10 echoesten · small frost events · observed.
10 froststen patches · the labyrinth's slow geology.
10 patchesten · modest · made aloud or in pencil.
10 wishesten imagined relatives · with habits.
10 cousinsten · on the labyrinth's roofs · varied draw.
10 chimneysten ways of finishing · noticed only after.
10 endingsten · in the grounds · with histories.
10 treesten small things · for whoever comes next.
10 offeringsten · each smaller than a thimble.
10 tinyten · phrases too quiet to overhear.
10 whispersthe original 125 rooms remain accessible through atlas and catalogue. see also tools for search, oracle, wheel, &c.