Between language and space. Descriptions of the medieval townscape in late medieval Old Warsaw

The article presents and compares ways of describing the urban space of late medieval Old Warsaw found in sources of municipal and ducal provenance. The main types of objects present in each of the mentioned source categories, appearing in the function of the object of legal action or as a reference point, have been identified. Schemes for identifying objects are described, using the objects’ proper names and/or reference to other points in the urban space. Linguistic issues related to the way urban space was described are also discussed.