Caspian Mountains
- Ancient name
- Caucasus
- Modern name
- Caucasus Mountains
- Coordinates
- 42.39, 44.79
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364094
The Caspian Mountains probably correspond to the Caucasus Mountains in the Caucasus region. Located at the intersection of Europe and Asia, they run through present-day Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Similar toponyms appearing the Sfera corpus include the Armenian Mountains and Taurus Mountains.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M072
Variant spellings of Caspian Mountains in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| Casp[...] mont[...] | Ricc6 |
| Caspro monte | Bos |
| ChaSPI monti | Fn8 |
| Mo[n]te caspi | Par2 |
| mo[n]te chaspio | ME2, Pad1 |
| Mo[nte] Caspio | Cors2 |
| Mons caspius | Clas2 |
| monte caspio | Barb4, Con4, NB |
| Monte caspio | Laur3, Magl2 |
| Monte caspyo | Cs1 |
| monte chapi | Magl4 |
| monte chasspi | Fn3 |
| monti aspi | Ro2 |
| monti caspi | Ricc11, Ricc14 |
| Monti caspi | Pnc4 |
| monti chaspi | Par1, Ricc13 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Caspian Mountains.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/caspian-mountains/.