This map of England displays rivers and the political division of the country among seven Saxon kingdoms plus Scotland, Wales, and Gaul. Dotted lines designate territorial boundaries. Xylographic type identifies each kingdom on the woodcut in Latin (L) and Anglo-Saxon (AS) script, and the woodcut designer often identifies the same kingdom in both languages. These labels designate the kingdoms as follows, beginning at the top of the image: Scotland: "Scotiae pars" [L, "part of Scotia"]; Wales (at left-center): "Walli" [L, "Welsh"], "Britones" [L, "Britons"], and "Britwealas" [AS, "Welsh"]; and Gaul (at bottom): "Fronclond. Galliae pars" [AS, "Frank-Land." L, "part of Gallia"]. The seven Saxon kingdoms proceed numerically as follows: "1. Regnum occiduorum Saxonum. Westseaxnaric" [L and AS, "1. Kingdom of the West Saxons"], which contains "Cornubiens. Cornweala" [L and AS, "Cornwall"]; "2. Suthseaxnaric. Regnum Australium Saxonum" [AS and L, "Kingdom of the South Saxons"]; "3. Regnum cantiae. Centric" [L and AS, "Kingdom of Kent"]; "4. Eastseaxnaric. Regnum orientalium saxonu[m]" [AS and L, "Kingdom of the East Saxons"]; "5. Eastenglaric. Regnum orientalium Anglorum" [AS and L, "Kingdom of the East Angles"]; "6. Myrcnaric. Regnum Merciorum" [AS and L, "Kingdom of the Mercians"]; and "7. Regnum Northumbrorum. Northanhymbra ric" [L and AS, "Kingdom of the Northumbrians"]. This woodcut appears in the third (1576) and fourth (1583) editions. The image first appears in William Lambard, Archaionomia, siue de priscis anglorum legibus libri [Old law, or of the ancient laws of the free Britons] (London: John Day, 1568). Luborsky and Ingram 11224/1, 15142/1. JPEG file (3.57 MB).
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