She starts to draw...- A crescent!.- The moon! - Turn the page, I can't see a thing...- \ud835\udddf\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\udddf\ud835\uddf2\u0301\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb! In the shape of an upside-down crescent, with the left point pointing downwards, it's our lake! This representation of the lake is taken from the cartography. \ud835\udde5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddff \ud835\ude00\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddff \ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddee \ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\u0301\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb \ud835\uddf1\ud835\ude02 \ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf2\u0301\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfe\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf2. The oldest surviving cartographic representation is the one on the \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\udde3\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff, dating from Antiquity and copied during the Renaissance. It features Lake Geneva in small among the main roads and towns of the Roman Empire. On this map, it is called \ud835\udddf\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf0\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude00 \ud835\udddf\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddee\u0300\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\u0300\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00 (\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf0 \ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00 \ud835\udddf\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00) \ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2\u0300\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddf3\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf6\u0308\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first regional maps centred on French-speaking Switzerland and Savoy emerged during the Renaissance. They include the \ud835\ude13\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude34 \ud835\ude13\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2e\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude34 map by \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddf2\u0301\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb \ud835\udde0\ud835\ude02\u0308\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff (\ud835\udfed\ud835\udff1\ud835\udff0\ud835\udff0) and the \ud835\ude23\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude36 \ud835\ude13\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude24 \ud835\ude0e\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude37\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude3a\ud835\ude34 map by \ud835\udddd\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb \ud835\uddd7\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf1 (\ud835\udfed\ud835\udff1\ud835\udff4\ud835\udff4).Anecdotally, he included a list of \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff5 \ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddf2\u0300\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude00 - plus crayfish and lake oysters - that populated Lake Geneva at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff2\ud835\udfec\ud835\udff1, \ud835\udddd\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfe\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddda\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude01 was inspired by these two representations of Lake Geneva, M\u00fcnster's \"tadpole\" and Duvillard's \"heart\", to depict the lake in a shape that resembles a crescent...or a smile! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indeed, Goulart's training as a theologian plays a part in the orientation of the map - towards the south-east, i.e. Jerusalem. This so-called sacred orientation was common in the Middle Ages, but rarer in the 17th century. It offers us the perspective of \"Leman-smile\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Lake Geneva crescent was subsequently refined and defined by technical inventions (triangulation in particular) and cartographic codes (north up, scale, right of way, legend, etc.) until it became established in the collective imagination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the actual shape of Lake Geneva was for a long time the focus of the cartographer's work, today the map is an aid to understanding and decision-making. In other words, \"we are moving from a logic of representation of geographical information to a logic of geographical representation of information\" (Joliveau, Noucher, Roche, 2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source of information : L\u00e9maniques 111, Le L\u00e9man digital version<\/a>, L\u00e9maniques 98, Lake Geneva from top to bottom<\/a> and Joliveau, Noucher, Roche (2013), \u201cLa cartographie 2.0, vers une approche critique d'un nouveau r\u00e9gime cartographique\u201d, L'information g\u00e9ographique<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo credit : Caninger table<\/a>, Map of S. M\u00fcnster<\/a> (1544), Card by J. Duvillard <\/a>(1588), Map by J. Goulart (1605)<\/a>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":6937,"template":"","mots-cles":[],"class_list":["post-6936","60_secondes","type-60_secondes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"ase":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asleman.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/60_secondes\/6936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asleman.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/60_secondes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asleman.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/60_secondes"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asleman.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asleman.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mots-cles","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asleman.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mots-cles?post=6936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}