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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
Armania To2
Armenia Cs1, Magl2, Morg
ARMENIA Ashb4, Con1, Fn9, He2, NB, Pnc5, Ricc8
armenia Con4, ME2
Armenia magiore Cs1, Magl2
armenia magiore Fn3, NB
armenia magore NYPL3
ARMENIA MAIOR Con1, Con4, Fn9, He2, Laur3, Ricc12, Ricc8
ARMENIa maior To2
armenia maiore Parm2
armi [...] nia ME2
armina magiore Magl4
ARMINIA Ricc12
arminia Fn12, He3, NYPL3, Parm2
Arminia Pad1
arminia maggiore Ashb2
Arminia maggiore Pad1
Erm[in]ia mag[ior]e Pnc4
ermenia Fn3, Marc1
Ermia Con3
ERMINA MAGORE Ashb3
erminia Magl4, Pal5, Pal6, Yale4
Erminia Pal8
Erminia M[...]a He3
Erminia ma[ggiore?] Morg
Erminia maggiore MB
ERMINIA MAGGIORE Wie1
erminia magior NYPL1
ERMINIA MAGIORE Med3
Erminia Magiore Par3
Erminia magiore Pal8
ERminia majore Ashb6
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Greater Armenia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/armenia/.