9 Rosette - Specific Details

[Linda]

I thought I would refer again to the following map where some of the blue and white wavy lines represent rivers. By some people it is thought that on the 9 rosettes page the blue and white wavy lines represent the sea, but I think the idea that they represent lakes or rivers should not be discounted. I spent quite a lot of time trying to make sense of the page where these blue and white wavy lines represented sea and this seemed quite impossible to make sense of.

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I interpret the blue and white wavy areas in the rosettes to denote different types of rock, and or rocky promontories, islands, or local mountains, rather than water bodies, although i think the blue is fresh water, and could denote rivers and lakes along the way, although i have not generally seen specifics of this myself, i can think of one person's theory which does name some of these as specific lakes and rivers.

However, at the same time i do think some of the imagery does double or triple duty and stands for multiple things, usually related in some way, i call it zooming, because there is generally a change in size involved.

For instance, the rosette i mentioned as depicting central europe is also representative of the same ecumene as is represented by the whole page. The spiral i see as the alps becomes similar to Cosmas' mountain and is surrounded by the seven seas (the waves). The inclusion of what appears to be Cappadocia shows the extent of this ecumene, including all of the Mediterranean.