Alexandria
- Ancient name
- Alexandria
- Modern name
- Alexandria
- Modern country
- Egypt
- Coordinates
- 31.2, 29.9
Alexandria, Egypt, was once the capital of the Ptolemaic kingdom and remained the main commercial, intellectual, and cultural center of the Hellenistic world into late antiquity. Even after the transfer of the capital to Cairo (Fustat) in the 7th century, it remained one of the eastern Mediterranean's most important ports. Several of Dati's relatives were part of Florentine diplomatic/commercial embassies to Mamluk Alexandria in the 1420s. Campbell #1556.
The toponym Alexandria appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P006
Variant spellings of Alexandria in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| ALESADIA | Ashb3 |
| Alesan / dria | Ricc1 |
| ALESANDRIA | Med3 |
| alesandria | Ashb2, Bal, Magl4, Ricc1 |
| Alesandria | He3, Marc2 |
| Alessandria | Con1, Laur3, MB, Magl2, Ricc12 |
| alessandria | Fn3, NYPL3, Pal8, Per2 |
| ALESSANDRIA | Wie1 |
| Alexandria | Ashb6, Clas2, Fo, Morg, Parm2, Pnc4 |
| alexandria | Laur5, ME2, Marc1, NB, Tre |
| alle/xa[n]d[ria] | Pal6 |
| alle[...]d[...] | Fn12 |
| Allesandria | Pnc5 |
| Allessandria | Cs1, Fn9, NYPL2 |
| allessandria | Med2, Pal5, Ricc15, Ricc17 |
| allexa[n]dria | Pad1 |
| Allexandria | Cap1, Con3, Con4, Cors2, He2, Luc2, Med1, Par3 |
| allexandria | Par1, Ricc8 |
| Xllexa[n]dri[a] | Pad1 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Alexandria.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/alexandria/.