Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

divisa in tre lobi da due profonde intaccature

English translation:

divided into three lobes by two deep indentations

Added to glossary by Barbara Cochran, MFA
Mar 18, 2019 17:23
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Italian term

divisa in tre lobi da due profonde intaccature

Italian to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting In A Book On The History Of Geographical Explorations/Discoveries
Contesto (description of map that Yale scholars believe was drawn during the early 15th century):

La carta, giunta nelle mani degli studiosi di Yale attraverso le solite vie tortuose del mercato antiquario, rappresentava il mondo conosciuto nella prima metà del Quattrocento così come appare disegnata in alcuni celebri planisferi di quel tempo. Diversamente da questi però la rappresentazione non è inserita in un cornice circolare, ma si stende su uno spazio rettangolare formato de due fogli di pergamena uniti al centro. Questa caraatteristica avrebbe subito dovuto mettere in guardia i suoi scopritori, dato che nel caso delle carte sciolte anteriori all'età delle grandi scoperte, quando anche era necessario utilizzare più fogli di pergamena, si faceva in modo che la parte centrale del disegno fosse sempre contenuta in un unico foglio. Invece essi si concentrarono su un alto particolare e precisamente il fatto che nell'angolo di nord-ovest della carta sono presenti tre elementi del tutto estranei alla cartograpfia dell'epoca in cui si presumeva che fosse stata realizzata, vale a dire due isole reali—Islanda e Groenlandia—prodigiosamente simili a quelle di una carta moderna, e una Vinlandia Insula, più grande delle precedenti, divisa in tre lobi da due profonde intaccature.

Molte Grazie,

Barbara
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Mar 23, 2019 10:48: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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divided into three lobes by two deep indentations

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agree philgoddard
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thank you Phil!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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divided in three sections by two deep slits

it seems to make sense, given we are talking about paper
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a three-lobed island cut [almost] through by two deep inlets

As found online, in a document published by the Ohio State University titled The Vinland Map -- Some "Finer Points" of the Debate by J. Huston McCulloch, March 2005, with updates Sept. 2008

'On the Vinland Map, "Vinilanda" is represented as a three-lobed island cut almost through by by (sic) deep inlets. It is generally assumed that these lobes represent "Helluland", a barren land of flat stones believed to have been Baffin Island, "Markland," a forested land identified with Labrador, and "Vinland," a land with grapes believed to have been Newfoundland. (Perkins 1974).'
( https://tinyurl.com/y2anc3vx )

For a visual reference, please check the Wikipedia page, with the Vinlanda Insula top left of the map.
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinland_map )
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : I feel that Daniela's answer is perfectly adequate, and we already know that it's an island, but you deserve some credit for actually looking up the map.
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Thanks
agree writeaway
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Thanks, w.!
agree toasty : I was going to suggest bays, inlets works just as well if not better!
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Thank you kindly, toasty.
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