Copa
- Modern name
- Temryuk
- Modern country
- Russia
- Coordinates
- 45.27, 37.37
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364103
The city of Copa was a major Genoese-controlled Black Sea port in the later Middle Ages. Located on the Sea of Tana (now the Sea of Azov) just to the east of the Kerch Strait, it was within easy travel distance of both Caffa and Tana. Campbell #1201; Gordeev 213.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M082
Variant spellings of Copa in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| .C. COPA | Ricc6 |
| capa | Pnc5, Ricc13 |
| CHAPO CITTA | Fn8 |
| chapoa | ME2 |
| chopa | Chig2, Laur5, Pal6 |
| chopa citta | Par1 |
| Ciopa | Parm2 |
| cop | Yale4 |
| Copa | BL01, Cap1, Chig1, Clas2, Cors2, Fn6, Fn9, Marc1, Par2, Per2, Pnc4, Ricc14, Ricc17 |
| copa | Bal, Barb3, Barb4, Borg, Con1, Con4, Cs1, Fn12, Fn3, Laur3, Magl2, Magl4, Med2, New, Ricc11, Ricc13, Ricc15, Ro2 |
| copA | Ricc9 |
| COPA CITA | Ashb3, Med3 |
| Copa Citta | MB |
| COPA CITTA | Wie1 |
| Copha | Fo, Vat3 |
| Copia | Vat2 |
| coppa | Ricc12, Urb1 |
| Coppa | Pal5 |
| topa | Ricc8 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Copa.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/copa/.