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QUERY1849

QUERIES IN MEDIÆVAL GEOGRAPHY

By W.B.M.

What are the modern names of "Watewich," "Portum Pusillum," "Mare de Saham," "Perpessa," and "Northmuth?" They are not to be found in Ferrario's Lexicon (a geographical dictionary so defective that it has not even the Latin name for Aix-la-Chapelle), nor in Baudrand's *Lexicon Geographicum* (a good dictionary for the mediæval Latin names in France, but not so perfect as the *Index Geographicum* attached to the volumes of Bouquet), nor in Martiniere's *Grande Dictionnarie Geographique*, nor in the Index to Wright's *Courthand*, a miserable and imperfect compilation. [These Queries are addressed…

Topics: Mediæval Geography, Geographical Dictionaries

Locations: Watewich, Portum Pusillum, Mare de Saham, Perpessa, Northmuth, Aix-la-Chapelle, France