Arzilla
- Ancient name
- Zilil
- Modern name
- Asilah
- Modern country
- Morocco
- Coordinates
- 35.46, -6.03
Now Asilah, Morocco, a city on the Moroccan coast just west of the Strait of Gibraltar. In Dati's day it was controlled by the Sunni Marinid dynasty from their capital at Fez. It is often depicted on Sfera maps as the site where the river running through an inland Rabat meets the sea, but Rabat is itself a coastal city about 200 kilometers south of Arzilla, so this is a geographical error. Campbell #1803. Note that some manuscripts mistakenly combine the toponyms for Setta and Arzilla here (e.g. santa arzola).
The toponym Arzilla appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P017
Variant spellings of Arzilla in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| antilla | Barb4 |
| arcila | He1 |
| Arcilla | Clas2 |
| arcilla | Ricc6 |
| argila | Fn12 |
| argilla | Marc1 |
| Argilla | Cors2 |
| Arsilla | He3 |
| arzila | Ashb7, ME2 |
| Arzilla | Cap1, Fo, Luc2, Magl2, Marc2, MB, Par2, Per2, Ricc17 |
| arzilla | Bal, Fn9, He2, Laur3, Laur5, Med1, NB, Pal8, Par1, Parm2, Pnc5, Ricc1, Ricc15, Ricc8 |
| ARZILLA | Wie1 |
| Arzlla | Ricc14 |
| arçilla | Vat2 |
| azilla | Pnc3 |
| azola | Fn3 |
| santa arzola | Magl4 |
| seata darzilla | Con3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Arzilla.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/arzilla/.