Finally, we conclude that the characteristics of the peculiar medieval hemispheres discussed in the introduction are either directly or indirectly related to the Eudoxan way of organizing the celestial sphere. For their interpretation the features occurring at the equinoctial colures, represented by the borders, are the most significant ones because borders are less likely to become corrupted by copying processes. Yet, the lack of precision of the maps makes it hard to decide which of the two possible interpretations fits these maps best, the more so because the descriptions by Eudoxus and Capella share a number of characteristics such as the splitting of Boötes and Perseus and the intersection of the front of Centaurus. What can be said with some certainty, however, is that the maps exemplify a cartographic tradition that must have begun with Eudoxus and was adapted by Roman authors in the direction of the one described by Martianus Capella.
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