- M att he ws ▁to ▁re construct ▁the ▁text ▁from ▁scratch ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁for ▁his ▁re ass ess ment ▁of ▁its ▁importance ▁for ▁British ▁ge ography . ▁The ▁work ▁by ▁Sch net z ▁covered ▁the ▁whole ▁document , ▁and ▁was ▁repub lished ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁three ▁main ▁manuscript s , ▁the ▁V at ican ▁Library ▁also ▁holds ▁a ▁document ▁containing ▁ex cer pts ▁from ▁the ▁Cos m ography ▁made ▁by ▁Ric c ob ald us ▁Ferr ari ensis , ▁and ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁Paris ▁manuscript ▁held ▁in ▁Le iden . ▁ ▁The ▁surv iving ▁texts ▁are ▁quite ▁challeng ing . ▁They ▁consist ▁of ▁comment ary ▁and ▁lists ▁of ▁names . ▁The ▁V at ican ▁manuscript ▁presents ▁the ▁text ▁in ▁two ▁columns , ▁with ▁pla cen ames ▁being ▁capital ised ▁and ▁terminated ▁by ▁a ▁stop . ▁A ▁small ▁number ▁of ▁the ▁words ▁have ▁been ▁abbre vi ated . ▁The ▁Paris ▁manuscript ▁also ▁uses ▁two ▁columns , ▁capital isation ▁and ▁stops , ▁but ▁has ▁many ▁more ▁abbre vi ations ▁than ▁either ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁two . ▁The ▁text ▁is ▁divided ▁into ▁sections ▁by ▁paragraph ▁marks . ▁The ▁Bas le ▁manuscript ▁only ▁has ▁a ▁single ▁column , ▁and ▁is ▁more ▁difficult ▁to ▁read ▁than ▁the ▁others . ▁It ▁has ▁more ▁abbre vi ations ▁than ▁the ▁V at ican ▁copy , ▁but ▁fewer ▁than ▁the ▁Paris ▁copy . ▁There ▁is ▁some ▁evidence ▁that ▁the ▁author ▁has ▁tried ▁to ▁correct ▁or ▁clarify