Re: Pagus symbol

Other example, same period in Western Russia: the symbol is less "ideographic" and colored in red, it clearly shows a church bell tower and a dependant building:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B10_032-RVSSIAE_Vulgo_MOSCOVIA_dictae,_Pars_Occidentalis.jpeg

Same thing in England

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B11_004-A_NEW_MAP_OF_THE_KINGDOME_of_ENGLAND,_Representing_the_Princedome_of_WALES,_and_other_PROVINCES,_CITIES,_MARKET_TOWNS,_with_the_ROADS_from_TOWN_to_TOWN.jpeg

Other variant (two towers or high houses):

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arae_Flaviae_tab_peut.jpg

2017-01-28 18:24 GMT+01:00 Philippe Verdy <verdy_p@wanadoo.fr>:

See Sample [1]

The symbol that is shown near some villages (Cuce, Cice, Bruts) on this old map is for "pagus" (plural "pagi") and is an old territorial unit grouping several villages, and would more or or less map to today's cantons in France (or "pays" in today's rural speech), or counties in England (however smaller than counties). [2]

It looks like an ideogram in used in Roman or medieval periods (in the example above it appears later on a map of the 17th century). I've seen it several times (not just on maps) with minor variations. It looks like two symbolized bell towers with a top platform holding a christian cross, both surrounding the circle (locating the village). It gives higher importnace to these places than other surrounding villages that are administered from the pagus.

Are there other examples of symbols used on maps or old judiciary acts that could be encoded?

[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tabula_ducatus_britanniae_gallis_-_Sud_Rennes.png

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagus