Algiers
- Ancient name
- Icosium
- Modern name
- Algiers
- Modern country
- Algeria
- Coordinates
- 36.77, 3.05
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364225
Algiers: a city in North Africa founded by the Zirid dynasty in the tenth century CE. It remained a relatively small port until the 16th century. Campbell #1737.
The toponym Algiers appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P007
Variant spellings of Algiers in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| [...]g[...]i | Par2 |
| [al]gieri | Tre |
| ag[i]eri | Fn3 |
| ageris | ME2 |
| agieni | Magl4 |
| agieri | Fn3, Magl4, NYPL3 |
| aglieri | NYPL1, Pnc3 |
| alg[...] | Pnc5 |
| alge[...] | Pal5, Ro2 |
| Algera | Con3 |
| algere | Spe |
| algeri | Bal, Borg, Chig1, Chig2, Fn8, He3, Laur5, Marc1, Med2, NYPL3, Pal6, Ricc8, Spe, Urb1 |
| Algeri | BL01, Con3, Fo, Luc2, ME2, Marc1, Med1, Morg, Vat3 |
| AlGeri | Ashb3 |
| algheri | Fn6 |
| Algi | Ricc17 |
| algi[eri] | Ricc6 |
| Algi[eri] | NYPL2 |
| algier | Pal6 |
| Algieri | Ashb3, BL02, Cap1, Chig1, Clas2, Con1, Cors2, Cs1, He1, MB, Magl2, Marc2, NYPL2, New, Par3, Par4, Parm2, Pnc4, Ricc12, Ricc14, Ricc9, Vat2, Vat3, Yale4 |
| algieri | Barb3, Barb4, Chig2, Con1, Con4, Fn12, Fn6, Fn8, Fn9, Fo, He2, Laur3, Med3, NB, NYPL1, Pal5, Pal8, Par4, Per2, Pnc3, Pnc5, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc15, Ro2, Tre, Urb1 |
| ALGieri | Med3 |
| ALGIERI | Wie1 |
| algierii | Fn9 |
| Algieris | Pad1 |
| algierri | He1 |
| Algiery | Cors2 |
| arzeri | Med2 |
| C.dalgeri | Ricc6 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Algiers.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/algiers/.