Lower Labyrinth

First Appearance and Context

The Lower Labyrinth is first noted when an avout describes going there to push a written request through a grille so that a treatise could be copied at Baritoe and sent back. The explanation given is that such requests are hand‑copied by fids at other maths and circulated when popular.

Role and Function

• Serves as a controlled interface within the Concent of Saunt Edhar for submitting written requests through a physical grille.
• Used for soliciting copies of texts from other maths; if a work draws broad interest, copies may be made and circulated without specific requests.

Features and Setting

• Part of the concent’s labyrinth system; specifically identified by the presence of a grille for passing messages or requests.
• The “Lower” designation suggests it lies on a lower level of the labyrinthine approaches (precise layout is not described).

Relationships and Counterparts

• Complements the Upper Labyrinth, which is associated with interviews through a grate for tightly controlled exchanges; the Lower section is shown being used for written communication through a grille.

Current Status

Active and in use as a means for avout to submit written requests via the grille; no changes to access or operation have been described.