Another example is University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Library Pryce MS P4 (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ).
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This one also shares with the Voynich its transit via HP Kraus.
An interesting article about this exemplar, but also about the Sfera manuscripts and Dati in general, can be found on JSTOR:
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It answers Davidjackson's question:
the maps in the Dati Sfera books are described as "portolan style" although obviously not proper portolans. The text in this section of the book is described as "geographical poetry".
The author of the article believes that it was not intended to serve practical navigational purposes but had an "educational and didactic" purpose in teaching geography (aided by the use of vernacular rather than latin, the joint presentation of text and map and the easily memorizable stanza format of the text): Dati's Sfera is a schoolbook.
This one also shares with the Voynich its transit via HP Kraus.
An interesting article about this exemplar, but also about the Sfera manuscripts and Dati in general, can be found on JSTOR:
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It answers Davidjackson's question:
the maps in the Dati Sfera books are described as "portolan style" although obviously not proper portolans. The text in this section of the book is described as "geographical poetry".
The author of the article believes that it was not intended to serve practical navigational purposes but had an "educational and didactic" purpose in teaching geography (aided by the use of vernacular rather than latin, the joint presentation of text and map and the easily memorizable stanza format of the text): Dati's Sfera is a schoolbook.
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