21-02-2019, 01:42 PM
Did the image even show? It isn't showing for me now.
I had a thought in the meantime that again the angling of the cross staff says to rotate the map. So two things are denoted by it, sizing and direction.
![[Image: Image7.gif]](http://nabataea.net/Gifs/Image7.gif)
So the cross staff is held at a 45 degree angle, turn the map to lift Gurjarat to be on top, and now the other features portrayed all in line as on the page.
Yes there were people trading and exploring for a long time before and after as well. Im not sure if the manuscript is showing this, it seems more just to show the physical geography here, especially in that there are relatively few nymphs shown, which i generally see as standing for the civilizations of the areas. But the whole page is set aside from the rest, due to the depictions of the animals. The pangolin or ram does not seem to be in the same category due to its depiction in the clouds, rather than the water.
I had a thought in the meantime that again the angling of the cross staff says to rotate the map. So two things are denoted by it, sizing and direction.
So the cross staff is held at a 45 degree angle, turn the map to lift Gurjarat to be on top, and now the other features portrayed all in line as on the page.
Yes there were people trading and exploring for a long time before and after as well. Im not sure if the manuscript is showing this, it seems more just to show the physical geography here, especially in that there are relatively few nymphs shown, which i generally see as standing for the civilizations of the areas. But the whole page is set aside from the rest, due to the depictions of the animals. The pangolin or ram does not seem to be in the same category due to its depiction in the clouds, rather than the water.