The Wind Diagram in London, British Library, Add. MS 18929: Analysis and Edition

Abstract

The article analyses the content of the wind diagram which appears at the end of Burchard of Mount Sion’s Descriptio Terrae Sanctae in London, British Library, Add. MS 18929 (Lo2). The diagram, although mentioned in numerous articles, has not been thoroughly studied.
In particular, no scholarly attention has been devoted to the connection between the diagram and the text of the Descriptio. The present article is intended to fill this lacuna. It also attempts to locate the various place names provided by the diagram on a modern map, in order to explore the spatial logic which guided its maker. An appendix includes an annotated edition of the wind diagram.