15-03-2019, 08:33 PM
Fascinating.
I just noted recently that one of the trails through the mountains was referred to as the road to Germany.
Some Irish manuscripts caught my eye the other day as being somewhat similar to the vms in handwriting. I figured it was far fetched.
But it just depends on who went where and when, i guess.
Oh, and the society of people i mentioned that could have been passing the vms to each other could have been scribes who worked on copying and translating manuscripts. A faction of such could have been geographers, many of which were also sea captains, especially those with portolan map experience, so there you have travellers in their own right. Astronomical sections to help with navigation, along with the map and periplus. The herbal sections could be about feeding the crew if they should get lost or wreck in unpopulated areas.
I just noted recently that one of the trails through the mountains was referred to as the road to Germany.
Some Irish manuscripts caught my eye the other day as being somewhat similar to the vms in handwriting. I figured it was far fetched.
But it just depends on who went where and when, i guess.
Oh, and the society of people i mentioned that could have been passing the vms to each other could have been scribes who worked on copying and translating manuscripts. A faction of such could have been geographers, many of which were also sea captains, especially those with portolan map experience, so there you have travellers in their own right. Astronomical sections to help with navigation, along with the map and periplus. The herbal sections could be about feeding the crew if they should get lost or wreck in unpopulated areas.