According to Göran Derefeldt, the book printer Johann Kankel on Visingsö has long been considered the first to create labyrinth prints in Sweden. Göran Derefeldt states that Johann Kankel's labyrinth print was not made until 1670. However, Göran Derefeldt states that Zacharias Brockenius's labyrinth print in Strängnäs is dated to 1654, meaning Zacharias Brockenius's labyrinth print from 1654 predates Johann Kankel's from 1670 by several years.
The exact content or text of Zacharias Brockenius's labyrinth print remains unclear, and it is unknown whether the Royal Library or other experts have verified Göran Derefeldt's claim about the dating. Göran Derefeldt lives in the papermakers' old residence in Åkers styckebruk, where, in the same house, the book printer Zacharias Brockenius, who lived in Strängnäs, received a privilege to start Åkers handpappersbruk in the 17th century. Göran Derefeldt contacted the Royal Library in the hope of seeing the labyrinth print with his own eyes.
That's the funny thing about it, that you should try to follow this labyrinth.
The labyrinth print was too fragile to be displayed, but it was digitized. The digitized labyrinth print is now available for anyone to download and see how far they can read it. How one reads a labyrinth print is not specified, and what the poster says on the labyrinth print is also unknown.
Göran Derefeldt's specific research or evidence for the 1654 date has not been detailed.
It was too fragile to be displayed, but they digitized it. It is now available for anyone to download and see how far they can read this.