Capesse
- Ancient name
- Tacapes
- Modern name
- Gabès
- Modern country
- Tunisia
- Coordinates
- 33.88, 10.1
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364283
Capesse, now Gabès, is a city established around an oasis on the western side of the Gulf of Gabès in north Africa. Campbell #1664.
The toponym Capesse appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P066
Variant spellings of Capesse in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| caperse | Ro2 |
| Capes | Marc1, Ricc6 |
| capes | Magl2, Pnc5 |
| CAPESE | Med3 |
| capese | Pnc3 |
| Capese | Par3 |
| Capessa | Clas2, NYPL2, Ricc17 |
| capessa | He3 |
| capesse | Barb3, Barb4, Borg, Chig2, Con1, Con4, He2, Laur3, Med2, NB, New, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc8, Spe, Urb1 |
| Capesse | BL01, BL02, Chig1, Con3, Cors2, Cs1, Fn9, Fo, Luc2, Med1, Morg, Parm2, Per2, Pnc4, Ricc14, Ricc9, Vat3 |
| Capesse citta | MB |
| Capisse | Vat2 |
| Caps | He1, Par4 |
| caps | He1, Tre |
| carpesa | Marc2 |
| Carpesse | Cap1 |
| CHAPES | Fn8 |
| chapes | Fn3, ME2, Magl4, Pad1, Ricc1, Yale4 |
| chapese | Par1 |
| chapesse | Bal, Fn6, Laur5, NYPL3, Pal6, Ricc13 |
| chapesso | Pal8 |
| chappese | Pal5 |
| corosse | Fn12 |
| GAPESE | Ashb3 |
| GAPESSE | Wie1 |
| icressa | Ricc15 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Capesse.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/capesse/.