Leiðarvísir og borgarskipan
The geographical chronicle Leiðarvísir og borgarskipan (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈleːiðarvisɪr ɔːɣ ˈpɔrkar̥scɪpan]) was published in c. 1157 AD by Níkulás Bergsson (a.k.a. Nikolaos), the abbot of the monastery of Þverá in Eyjafjörður, Northern Iceland.
The publication is basically a guidebook for pilgrims about the routes from Northern Europe to Rome and Jerusalem. It contains two descriptions of lands around Norway that the Abbot seems to have acquired for his book from independent sources.[1]Itinerary
In the following list there are the towns in the different itineraries described in Leiðarvísir,:[2]
Denmark
Germany
France
Switzerland
Italy
- Great St Bernard Pass;
- Etroubles;
- Aosta;
- Pont-Saint-Martin.
- Ivrea;
- Vercelli;
- Pavia;
- Piacenza;
- Fidenza;
- Borgo Val di Taro;
- Crucis markaðr (?);
- Frackaskáli (?);
- Pontremoli;
- Mariogilldi (?);
- Santo Stefano di Magra;
- Marioborg (?);
- Luni;
- Kjóformunt (?)
- Lucca;
- Altopascio;
- Ponte a Cappiano;
- Sanctinusborg (Borgo San Genesio);
- Martinusborg (Borgo Marturi, current Poggibonsi);
- Semunt (Monte Maggio, south of Monteriggioni);
- Siena;
- San Quirico d'Orcia;
- Acquapendente;
- Bolsena;
- Montefiascone;
- Viterbo;
- Sútarinn micli (?) ("large Sutri");
- Sútarinn litli (?) ("small Sutri");
- Monte Mario;
- Rome;
- First variation
- Second variation
- Capua;
- Benevento;
- Siponto;
- Barletta;
- Trani;
- Bisceglie;
- Molfetta;
- Giovinazzo;
- Bari;
- Monopoli;
- Brindisi;
Sources
- ↑ Carl Christian Rafn. Antiquités Russes d'apres les Monuments historiques des Islandais et des Anciens Scandinave (in French). pp. 404–405. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ↑ Peter Robins. "Medieval Itineraries: Nikulas of Munkathvera". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
See also
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