XXII. Scandinavia
Mountains
580 The mountain system is a simplification of that shown on CE.
Rivers
581 f. netur: Flū Nectir, CE; Fl. Vectur, CD;=Motala, outlet of Lake Vettern (Hamy, 387).
582 f. turontes: Turuntus Fl. in Sarmatia, Ptol. (III, 5:2 (FA9));=Dvina (Müller, i, 412).
Longer Legends
583 in q[uesta par] te si caualca su zervi | tori et montoni et su queli fano le | loro bataie (in this region they ride on deer, bulls, and sheep, and on these they make their battles): Compare legend on CE (Kret., CE, 214).
584 In questa parte sta zente che non uide | Il sole 4 mexe de lano (in this region there are people who do not see the sun for four months of the year): Santarem (iii, 409, note 2) suggests a relation between this and a passage in Jordanis, De rebus Geticis (Monumenta Germaniae historica, Auctorum antiquissimorum, Vol. 5, Part 1, Berlin, 1882, p. 58) descriptive of the Adogitae of Scanzia, who enjoy uninterrupted sunshine for forty days and darkness for an equal period each year (see also Fridtjof Nansen, In Northern Mists, New York, 1911, i, 130-134).
Place Names
585 nouega: =Norway.
586 sechamor: Scamor, CD;=Skanör (Hamy, 426).
587 scarsa: Scarsa, CD:=Skaraborg (Hamy, 383).
588 zedina: ?Andine, CD, which is possibly “nundinae,” with reference to the fairs of Skanör and Valsterbode (Hamy, 385).
589 selandia: =?Zealand, misplaced. See Nansen, Northern Mists, ii, 219.
590 suzia: Suecia, CD;=Sweden (Hamy, 383, 426).
591 stochi: Stocol, CD; Stocoll, CE;=Stockholm (Hamy, 386, 427).
592 Erma: ?Kalma, CD;=Kalmar (Hamy, 386, 427).
593 sadezeflingt(?): Suderpigel, CD; Sudechping, CE;=Söderköping (Hamy, 387, 427).
594 saglat: Asillang, CE; Assingland on fourteenth century map in Museo Borbonico, Naples (Hamy, 427);=?
595 roder|in: Roderin, CD; CE;=Roden, ancient name for the east coast of Sweden;=Rosladen (Hamy, 387, 427).