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Arabian Mountains

Modern name
Transjordan Range
Modern country
Jordan
The toponym Arabian Mountains appears on a small group of Sfera maps labelling a north-south range between Mount Lebanon and Mount Sinai; as such it corresponds to the present-day Transjordan Range. It is not in the same place as the Montana Arabie or Montana Arabie Felicis that appear on later 15th-century Ptolemaic maps, which run east-west the north of the Arabian peninsula between the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
Coordinates
31.77, 35.73
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364069
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M042

Variant spellings of Arabian Mountains in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
Mon[te] darabia MB
Montagne darabia Con3
montagnie darabia Fn6, Pal5
monte darabia Fn6, Pal5, Vat2
Monte Darabia Par3
MONTI darabia Fn8
MONTI DARABIA Ashb3, Med3, Wie1
Monti darabia Con3
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Arabian Mountains.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/arabian-mountains/.