Greater Armenia
- Ancient name
- Armenia
- Modern name
- Armenia
- Modern country
- Turkey/Armenia
- Coordinates
- 39.5, 40.5
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.
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/.