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.