Part II Modes of Reading Geography
Journal: Amsterdam University Press eBooks
Year: 2025

This chapter explores the archaisms in the territorial nomenclature of the Imago mundi.To illustrate how this flexible framework permeated vernacular tradition, the chapter begins with an examination of the Old Norse material.The Norse evidence for transmission of the Imago mundi and the incorporation of its material into new texts of varied genres, exemplifies the use and re-use of the same material in various contexts typical of the entire tradition.The second and third sections of the chapter