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Greater Armenia

Ancient name
Armenia
Modern name
Armenia
Modern country
Turkey/Armenia
In Dati's day the toponym Armenia was used to refer both to the ancient region of Armenia in the Caucasus (east of Anatolia and south of the Caspian Sea, an area known as Greater Armenia, Armenia Maggiore) and the Cilician Kingdom of Armenia in the northeast corner of the Mediterranean (Lesser Armenia, Armenia Minore). See also Mount Ararat, Laiazzo-in-Armenia.
Coordinates
39.5, 40.5

The toponym Greater Armenia appears in La Sfera in the following places:

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Map of the location P013

Variant spellings of Greater Armenia in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
[AR]MENIA Laur3
ariaminare Ricc13
Armania To2
ARMENIA Ashb4, Fn9, He2, NB, Pnc5, Ricc8
armenia ME2
Armenia Magl2
ArmeniA Ricc9
armenia maggiore Barb4
armenia magiore NB
Armenia magiore Magl2
ARMENIA MAGIORE Ricc11
Armenia magiure Bos
armenia magore NYPL3
ARMENIA MAIOR Fn9, He2, Laur3, Ricc8
ARMENIa maior To2
Armenia maior Borg
ARMeniA Maior Ricc9
armenia maior Spe
armenia maiore Parm2
ARMENIA MAIORE BL01
armi [...] nia ME2
armina magiore Magl4
arminia He3, Parm2
Arminia Pad1
ARMINIA Ricc12
arminia maggiore Ashb2
Arminia maggiore Pad1
Erm[in]ia mag[ior]e Pnc4
ermena Ricc13
ermenia Marc1
ERMENIA Ricc6
Ermia Con3
ERMINA MAGORE Ashb3
erminia Magl4, Yale4
Erminia Pal8
ERMINIA Fn8
Erminia M[...]a He3
Erminia ma[ggiore?] Morg
Erminia maggiore MB
ERMINIA MAGGIORE Wie1
erminia magior NYPL1
Erminia magiore Pal8
Erminia Magiore Chig2
ERMINIA MAGIORE Med3
ERminia majore Ashb6
MRMENIA MAIOR Ricc14
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Greater Armenia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/armenia-2/.