When studying the spatial elements in the , we (such as the craftsman) must fall back on existing instruments and materials, in particular the already existing studies. Before we can start a dialogue, an inventory of the possible answers that the instruments and the materials can give to the problem of space in the story must be made. The result of this search is a series of incoherent 'objects' (data), a 'treasure of ideas'. One can consider part I as such a 'treasure room'. Then the search for its meaning to finally start back and give them meaning in a coherent whole (part II). The central research object of this study are the toponyms (or even broader: the naming) and the other topographical indications in VDVR [Van den vos Reynaerde]. The intention is to find out how the spatial elements function. - [Author]

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