THE NAMES OF WINDS-1 PER GLOBE GORE (ROMAN WINDSYSTEM) | |||||||||||
GLOBEGORES B | Directions | Degree | COSMOGRAPHIAE | MARGARITA | PTOLEMY | MOTVS NONE SPERE ET TREPVDACIONIS | |||||
INTRODUCTIO 4/1507 | PHILOSPHICA 1503 | BOLOGNA 1477 | OCTAVE SPERE 1514 | ||||||||
SEPTETRIO (SEPTENTRIO) | North Wind | 0 | Septetrio | Septetrio vl aparci as | SEPTENTRIO | BOREAS CVNCTA FLORIDA NEC AT | |||||
frig & siccus | SEPTEMTRIONALI NATVRA FRIGI DVS & SICVS | ||||||||||
CIRCIVS | W.N.W. | 300 | Trachias q & Circius | Circius vl tracias | CIRCIVS | CIRCIVS TEMPESTA INFERT CO | |||||
CHORVS (CORUS) | N.W. | 330 | Chorus | Chorus | CAVVRVS | C H ORVS GRADINES TOLIT COL. | |||||
FAVONIVS | West Wind | 270 | Fauoni q et Zephi | Zephyrus vel Fauoni9 | CEHPIRVS | FAVONIS PLVVIAS CO (N) DVXIT CO | |||||
frig. & hum | |||||||||||
LIBO (LIBONOTVS = AUSTRO-AFFRICUS) S.S.W. | 210 | Lybonothus | Aphricus auster | AVSTER | NOTHVS | ||||||
AFRIVCS (AFFRICVS = LIPSIS) S.W. | 225 | Africus q et Lybs | Aphric9vi Lybs | AFRICVS | AFRICVS PESTEM CONSTAT COL | ||||||
AVSTER | South Wind | 180 | Auster/qui & Nothus | Auster vl Nothus | ANSTER NOTVS | AVSTER CALORES GENERAT MERIDI ONALIS | |||||
calidus & himid9 | NATVRA CALIDVS & HVMIDVS | ||||||||||
EVRVS. AVSTER (EVRVS) | S.- S.E. | 135 | XXX | Euroauster. | EVRVS | XXX | |||||
EURONOTVS (=EURUS-NOTHUS) S.E. - S. | 165 | Euronothus | Eurus | EVRONOTVS | NOTHVS CRANDINES AFFERT COLA | ||||||
SVBSOLANVS (SOLANVS) | East Wind | 90 | Subsolaus. | Subsolanus calid9 | SVNALOSBVS | SVBSOLANVS ABSEINDIT PLVVAS CO | |||||
& siccus. | |||||||||||
VVLTVRNVS | (VULTURNUS) | S.E. | 150 | Eurus qui & Vulturn. | Vulturnus | SVNRVTLVV | VVLTVRNVS AERE PV RIFICAT COLA | ||||
BOREAS (= AQUILO) | N.E. | 60 | Aquilo qui & Boreas | Boreas vel aquilo | AQVILO | AQVILO FRI GORA MA CI MA GI GVIT | |||||
XXX | N.E. | 45 | Kaikias | XXX | XXX | ? ZEFFIRVS FLORIDA PRODVCIT ORIEMTALIS | |||||
NATVRA CALIDVS & SICCVS | |||||||||||
Comments. Most words are of Roman Origin and seem to be inspired by sources using Vitruv. | |||||||||||
Exception: NOTVS (Origin: NOTOS), BOREAS and EVRVS (Origin: EVROS) | ? EVRVS TEMPESTATES TOLIT OCCIDENTALIS | ||||||||||
Prominent missspelling SEPTETRIO, use of EURONOTOVS and Caecias | NATVRA FRIGIDVS & HVMIDVS | ||||||||||
as on the 3rd last Print (Comment on Secundum Plinii) in Preclarissimi viri Georgij Valle Comentationes. Venice 1501 | |||||||||||
Unusual:LIBO and EVRVS AVSTER on the globe gores. (s. Worldmap F. Rosselli 1506 and Margarita Philosophica 1503) | |||||||||||
In the CI Kaikias is used for NORTHEAST. In the MOTVS NONE SPERE: Numerous misspellings (SEPTEMTRIONALI, CRANDINES, ORIEMTALIS, ABSEINDIT…) | |||||||||||
Conclusion: No Evidence that the engraver of the copper gores used the CI. Pomponius Mela and Pliny’s Natural History Book II | |||||||||||
may have been used as a common source. Evidence that the MOTVS NONE SPERE is engraved at a different time than the copper gores. | |||||||||||