Rosettes foldout: cardinal directions?

[Mark Knowles]

It doesn't have to be Asia, Europe, Africa.
It could be water, fire, earth. Or clergy, aristocracy, peasants. Or God, Son, Holy Ghost. Or any other combination of medieval tripartite. I've seen T-O maps with all of these.

It doesn't have to be Asia, Europe, Africa. It could Bacon, Egg, Sausage. Anything is possible.

I just think that Asia, Europe, Africa is significantly more likely than anything else, especially given the context of the Rosettes page where geographical features are more prevalent.

I also think statistically you can ask what percentage of T/O maps you have seen with a given specific set of labels. If, for example, you have seen only one T/O map with "Heaven", "Hell" and "Limbo" then that doesn't have as much weight as the many "Asia", "Europe" and "Africa" T/O maps. I, myself, have seen lots of "Asia", "Europe" and "Africa" T/O maps, but I can't remember seeing a "Clergy", "Aristocracy" and "Peasants" T/O map, so I would think they are much much rarer. It is to some extent a question of probabilities and I think one can use this to ask what is the likelihood of a specific kind of T/O map being the correct one.