SpatialCoverage <QuerySet [<Stelle: [a. 889] Scythia, ut aiunt, in orie...; (Chronicon (Regino abbatis Prumiensis) (900 - 908), Regino of Prüm, Chronicon, ed. by Friedrich Kurze, MGH: SS rer. Germ. in us. schol. separatim editi, 50 (Hanover: Hahn, 1890), p. 131-132; translation: Macle [5663]>]> - Scythia, [wurzel: Sc*th]

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Keyword Scythia, [wurzel: Sc*th]
Comment Following Regino's description Scythia stretches between Pontus (part of Anatolia bordering the Black Sea), the Riphean mountains (Ural) and the river Ithasis (the Itz in Germany), the latter is more likely to be river Phasis (river Rioni in the Caucasus, according to Justin)
Approximate localisation SRID=4326;POLYGON ((11.111984 50.370868, 10.912857 50.291094, 10.804367 50.049203, 10.834236 49.937964, 29.179688 40.446947, 37.177734 37.579413, 42.714844 46.920255, 60.46875 67.676085, 11.111984 50.370868))
Points and lines None
Degree of uncertainty 2
Passage
  • [a. 889] Scythia, ut aiunt, in orie...; (Chronicon (Regino abbatis Prumiensis) (900 - 908), Regino of Prüm, Chronicon, ed. by Friedrich Kurze, MGH: SS rer. Germ. in us. schol. separatim editi, 50 (Hanover: Hahn, 1890), p. 131-132; translation: Macle [5663]