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If you look at the Early world maps page, you will discover that because cartography was at best approximate before the measurement of the width of Sinai established an approximation of the shape of Africa in the 15th Century, maps were usually supported by navigators' notes - in English, Rutters - giving working notes on routes sailed. If you look at the Mappae Mundi, generally focused on Jerusalem, you will see that the quality of those maps was so poor that similar guides existed on land, the Pilgrims Roads being an example.
If you examine d'Ailly's work, you will see one of his works, a study of Abelard's Sentences, shows he was very aware of the ancestry of his position as Chancellor of the ?university of Paris. That then gives the link to Augustodunensis, which is one of anagogic cosmology. In other words, this is a theme, not a text.
Absolutely correct, moreover I would suggest this also justifies expabding the description of this domain in the introduction from "astrologer" to "cosmologer", as he is an important player in the history of hard astronomy. He and his acolyte Cusanus corrected the Alfonsine cosmological tales, raising questions about precession which started to break the geocentric universe model - see Laura Ackermann Smoller's work. Cusanus was then credited by Kepler in the introduction to The Starry Messenger. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.217.80.115 (talk) 10:09, 7 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
