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Arzilla

Ancient name
Zilil
Modern name
Asilah
Modern country
Morocco
Now Asilah, Morocco, a city on the 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).
Coordinates
35.46, -6.03
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364235

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, Par4
arcilla Ricc6
argila Fn12
argilla Chig1, Con4, Marc1, Urb2
Argilla Cors2, Ricc9
Arsilla He3, Morg
arzila Ashb3, Ashb7, Chig2, ME2, Med3
arzilla Bal, Barb3, Borg, Bos, Cs1, Fn8, Fn9, He2, Laur3, Laur5, Med1, Med2, NB, NYPL3, New, Pal5, Pal6, Pal8, Par1, Parm2, Pnc5, Ricc1, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc15, Ricc8, Ro2, Spe, Tre, Urb1
Arzilla BL01, BL02, Cap1, Con1, Fn6, Fo, Luc2, MB, Magl2, Marc2, NYPL2, Par2, Par3, Per2, Pnc4, Ricc17, Vat3
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, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/arzilla/.