The map uses a mix of Latinized medieval names, some modern equivalents in parentheses (e.g., Durazzo, Scutari, Alessio), and shows historical boundaries, dioceses, and settlements from Roman times through the medieval period (especially 12th–15th centuries) into the early modern era.
Transcription of the map “ALBANIA MEDIAEVALIS”.
Title and credits:
- ALBANIA MEDIAEVALIS.
- posuit Dr. E. de Sufflay, delineavit A. Kohlbegger.
- Ratio 1:750.000,
Legend (bottom left):
- — Tempora Romana.
- — Media quae vocatur aetas (ratione habita saeculi XII-net XIV-t speciall.)
- — Nostra aetas.
- — Restrictarum (saeculo XV-a) dicia.
Symbols:
- • civitas (communitas)
- • arx, castrum, locus munitus
- • pagus
- + vicus
- + episcopalia sedes
- ✝ monasterium.
Main geographical and regional labels:
- LIMES (top right)
- POLATUM (PILATI) inferioris / POLATUM (PILATI) superioris
- DUCAGINI
- CHUNAVIA
- MATARANGO
- MUSACHI
- GROPA
- A. CHUNAVIA
- I A P O (possibly part of larger regional name)
- DIOCLIA (top left)
- B R E Z A (or similar coastal area)
- L I M E S (eastern side)
Notable place names and features (approximate positions, left to right / top to bottom):
Northwest / Coastal Adriatic area:
- Sc. Giovanni, Castrum
- Smichiza, Zara, Basilia
- Antivari
- Dulcigno (Dulcignanum)
- S. Giorgio (in) M. Meban
- Xprea di Zeitin, S. Maria di Zerni
- Ulcinj (Dulcigno)
- S. Maria di Zerni
- Bar (Antivari)
- Budua
- Cattaro
- etc.
Central / Northern interior:
- GENS TUZI
- GENS HOTTI
- Audacia (Dyrrach.), Beroea, Buth
- Clissura
- Tera, Terai
- Pulsi
- Scutari (Scodra) area: Lissus (Alesio, S. Alessio), S. Encratio, etc.
- Polatum
- Drivastum, etc.
Key labeled cities/settlements:
- Durazzo (Dyrrachium/Epidamnus)
- Scutari (Scodra)
- Alessio (Lissus)
- Kruja (Croia) area references
- Avlona (Valona)
- Berat (Belgradum)
- Kanina
- Pogradec area
- Elbasan references
- Durrës (Dyrrachium)
Southern areas:
- MUSACHI
- Avlona (Valona)
- Butrint (Buthrotum)
- S. Lianta
- Phoenice
- Delvinë area
- Himarë, etc.
Eastern / Mountainous regions:
- Gropa
- Chunavia
- Various mountain and river labels (e.g., Drin, Mat, Shkumbin, Seman, Vjosa rivers implied by geography)
Other prominent labels:
- Limes (multiple instances, indicating boundaries)
- Via Egnatia (implied coastal/inland route)
- Many monasteries, bishoprics (✝ and + symbols), fortresses, and villages marked across the map.
