Other example, same period in Western Russia: the symbol is less "ideographic" and colored in red, it clearly shows a church bell tower and a dependant building:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B10_032-RVSSIAE_Vulgo_MOSCOVIA_dictae,_Pars_Occidentalis.jpeg Same thing in England https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B11_004-A_NEW_MAP_OF_THE_KINGDOME_of_ENGLAND,_Representing_the_Princedome_of_WALES,_and_other_PROVINCES,_CITIES,_MARKET_TOWNS,_with_the_ROADS_from_TOWN_to_TOWN.jpeg Other variant (two towers or high houses): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arae_Flaviae_tab_peut.jpg 2017-01-28 18:24 GMT+01:00 Philippe Verdy <[email protected]>: > See Sample [1] > > The symbol that is shown near some villages (Cuce, Cice, Bruts) on this > old map is for "pagus" (plural "pagi") and is an old territorial unit > grouping several villages, and would more or or less map to today's cantons > in France (or "pays" in today's rural speech), or counties in England > (however smaller than counties). [2] > > It looks like an ideogram in used in Roman or medieval periods (in the > example above it appears later on a map of the 17th century). I've seen it > several times (not just on maps) with minor variations. It looks like two > symbolized bell towers with a top platform holding a christian cross, both > surrounding the circle (locating the village). It gives higher importnace > to these places than other surrounding villages that are administered from > the pagus. > > Are there other examples of symbols used on maps or old judiciary acts > that could be encoded? > > [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tabula_ducatus_ > britanniae_gallis_-_Sud_Rennes.png > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagus > >
