(14-07-2026, 01:19 AM)NisabaAlmah wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.If you look at this section of the map, it looks like the classic medieval T and O maps which trace their providence all the way back to the ancient Babylonian Mappa mundi. Interestingly the word in the spot that you would expect to be labeled Africa, has the same number of letters.
TO maps in the manuscript have been researched many times, for example You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. back in 2010
However, there is an alternative interpretation, given that the map is upside down relative to the normal medieval orientation. Maybe it doesn't refer to the geography, but to the elements (air/water/earth), there are many examples in this thread:
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