Themainscripturalpassagesreferredtoareasfollows：1
Isaiahxi，22；2Genesisi，6；3Genesisvii，11；4Exodusxxiv，10；5Jobxxvi，11，andxxxvii，186Psalmcxlviii，4，andciv，9；7Ezekieli，22-26。ForCosmas’stheory，seeMontfaucon，CollectioNovaPatrum，Paris，1706，vol。ii，p。188；
alsopp。298，299。Thetextisillustratedwithengravingsshowingwallsandsolidvaultfirmament，withthewholeapparatusof“fountainsofthegreatdeep。”“windowsofheaven。”
angels，andthemountainbehindwhichthesunisdrawn。Forreductionofoneofthem，seePeschel，GesschichtederErdkunds，p。98；alsoarticleMaps，inKnight’sDictionaryofMechanics，NewYork，1875。ForcuriousdrawingsshowingCosmas’sschemeinadifferentwayfromthatgivenbyMontfaucon，seeextractsfromaVaticancodexoftheninthcenturyinGarucci，Storiadel’ArteChristiana，vol。iii，pp。70etseq。ForagooddiscussionofCosmas’sideas，seeSantarem，Hist。delaCosmographie，vol。ii，pp。8etseq。，andforaverythoroughdiscussionofitsdetails，Kretschmer，asabove。Forstillanothertheory，verydroll，andthoughtoutonsimilarprinciples，seeMungoPark，citedinDeMorgan，Paradoxes，p。309。ForCosmas’sjoyfulsummingup，seeMontfaucon，CollectioNovaPatrum，vol。ii，p。255。Forthecurioussurvivalinthethirteenthcenturyoftheoldideaofthe“watersabovetheheavens。”seethestoryinGervaseofTilbury，howinhistimesomepeoplecomingoutofchurchinEnglandfoundananchorletdownbyaropeoutoftheheavens，howtherecamevoicesfromsailorsabovetryingtoloosetheanchor，and，finally，howasailorcamedowntherope，who，onreachingtheearth，diedasifdrownedinwater。SeeGervaseofTilbury，OtiaImperialia，edit。Liebrecht，Hanover，1856，PrimaDecisio，cap。
xiii。Theworkwaswrittenabout1211。ForJohnofSanGerminiano，seehisSummadeExemplis，lib。ix，cap。43。FortheEgyptianTrinitarianviews，seeSharpe，HistoryofEgypt，vol。i，pp。94，102。