Transcription problem - f68v3 and Rosettes foldout

[Mark Knowles]

I think you will find they knew where they were better than you think. The Hereford mappa mundi is a map of the ecumene, not of earth, as is the Oresme. It would equate to the habitable section.

Oresme's inverted TO is supposed to show a two sphere system using one flat circle. It is not important though to figure that part out (since it was wrong anyway), it is the depiction of the habitable world that is important..

I understand what you are saying, but I question whether it is correct. Take the other example that I gave of the T/O map in the the bottom right hand corner next to the German map of Europe. In this example the bottom semi circle is drawn just like we see on the Oresme example, as a big ocean, but both the top left and top right are drawn as what looks to be very habitable land, why the difference between this and Oresme?

Also, I have not noted in the text what you have stated. Neither does the text state what I have presented.

Initially I was told by others that the sections represent Air-Earth-Water or Fire-Earth-Water, however you seem to be stating a completely different interpretation much more similar to my own, though not identical.

Having looked at a number of knownT/O maps there appears to be quite a variance in the representation of different regions, which makes me wonder if this is just another form of representation.

If the habitable part is in the North then according to your statements then Oresme must be saying that Africa is in the North as it constitutes part of the habitable world.

It seems what you are postulating is that the T/O map is a kind of extended T/O map.