Arabia
- Ancient name
- Arabia
- Modern name
- Arabian Peninsula
- Coordinates
- 14.91, 45.76
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364230
The toponym Arabia denotes the Arabian peninsula generally; a division of the region into Arabia Felice and Arabia Deserta suggests Ptolemaic influence, as these terms were Roman provincial names not widely used in the Middle Ages. (The third Roman province in Arabia, Arabia Petraea, does not appear in this tradition.) See also Arabian Mountains, Arabian Sea.
The toponym Arabia appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P012
Variant spellings of Arabia in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| Arabia | Ashb6, Barb4, Con3, Cs1, Magl2, Morg, NYPL1, New, Pad1, Parm2, Ricc13, To2, Vat2 |
| arabia | Bal, Bos, Chig2, Fn12, Fn6, He3, Laur5, Magl4, Marc1, NB, Pal6, Pal8, Par1, Ricc15, Ricc6, Ro2, Spe, Yale4 |
| ARABIA | Ashb4, BL01, BL02, Barb3, Chig1, Con1, Con4, Fn8, Fn9, He2, Laur3, Med3, Par3, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc14, Ricc8, Urb1, Vat3, Wie1 |
| ARAbiA | Borg |
| ArAbiA | Ricc9 |
| ARabia | Fo |
| Arabia solios [?] | Bos |
| arabie | ME2 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Arabia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/arabia/.