ese ") ▁is ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁place - names ▁covering ▁the ▁world ▁from ▁India ▁to ▁Ireland , ▁compiled ▁by ▁an ▁anonymous ▁cler ic ▁in ▁R aven na ▁around ▁  7 0 0 . ▁Text ual ▁evidence ▁indicates ▁that ▁the ▁author ▁frequently ▁used ▁maps ▁as ▁his ▁source . ▁ ▁The ▁Text ▁There ▁are ▁three ▁known ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁Cos m ography ▁in ▁existence . ▁The ▁V at ican ▁Library ▁holds ▁a ▁ 1 4 th - century ▁copy , ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁ 1 3 th - century ▁copy ▁in ▁Paris ▁at ▁the ▁Bibliothèque ▁N ationale , ▁and ▁the ▁library ▁at ▁Bas le ▁University ▁has ▁another ▁ 1 4 th - century ▁copy . ▁The ▁V at ican ▁copy ▁was ▁used ▁as ▁the ▁source ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁publication ▁of ▁the ▁manuscript ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 8 ▁by ▁Por cher on . ▁The ▁German ▁scholar ▁Joseph ▁Sch net z ▁published ▁the ▁text ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁bas ing ▁it ▁on ▁the ▁V at ican ▁and ▁Paris ▁ed itions , ▁which ▁he ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁reliable ▁than ▁the ▁Bas le ▁edition . ▁Part s ▁of ▁the ▁text , ▁not ably ▁that ▁covering ▁Britain , ▁have ▁been ▁published ▁by ▁others , ▁including ▁Richmond ▁and ▁C raw ford ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁but ▁their ▁document ▁showed ▁little ▁regard ▁for ▁which ▁of ▁the ▁manuscript s ▁provided ▁the ▁information . ▁However , ▁it ▁contained ▁photograph s ▁of ▁the ▁relevant ▁sections ▁from ▁all ▁three ▁manuscript s , ▁which ▁enabled ▁Keith ▁Fitz pat rick