Biserti
- Ancient name
- Hippo Diarrhytus
- Modern name
- Bizerte
- Modern country
- Tunisia
- Coordinates
- 37.28, 9.87
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364243
The medieval port of Biserti—now Bizerte, Tunisia—was the ancient port of Hippo Diarrhytus. In Dati's day it was part of the kingdom of Ifriqiya, under the Sunni Hafsid dynasty. Campbell #1691.
The toponym Biserti appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P025
Variant spellings of Biserti in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| [...]rti | Par1 |
| Beserte | Med1 |
| Beserti | Luc2 |
| bestieri | Fn12 |
| bis[er]ti | NYPL1 |
| Bisenti | Parm2 |
| Biseri | Ricc17 |
| biseria | Pnc5 |
| Biserii | NYPL2 |
| biserta | Spe |
| biserti | Ashb3, Bal, Barb3, Barb4, Borg, Chig1, Chig2, Con1, Con4, Cs1, Fn3, Fn8, Fn9, Fo, He2, He3, Laur3, Laur5, ME2, Magl2, Magl4, Marc1, Med2, Med3, Morg, New, Pad1, Pal6, Pal8, Per2, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc8, Ricc9, Ro2, Tre, Urb1, Vat2, Wie1 |
| Biserti | BL01, BL02, Clas2, Cors2, Fn6, NB, Pal5, Par3, Pnc4, Ricc14, Ricc6, Vat3 |
| biserto | He1, Par4 |
| bisertti | Pnc3, Yale4 |
| Bisorti | Cap1 |
| bisorti | Marc2 |
| bisteti | Ricc15 |
| Bixerti | Con3 |
| bixerti | NYPL3 |
| tuniti | Ricc1 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Biserti.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/biserti/.